Hello, Roelof; Sunday, August 16, 2009, 11:23:46 PM, you wrote:
RB>> So why do I have over 3,000 messages in the message base? What, RB>> please, have I misunderstood about automatic deletion? > Are there any unread messages in the folder that's to be purged? Yes, most of them ;) > You're mentioning 3000 messages in your message base, do you mean the > complete message base or only that of the folder that you've limited? Only the folder I've limited. > What's your setting for: > Account -> Properties -> Options -> Compact all folders on exit > Account -> Properties -> Mail management -> Deletion -> Purge > unread messages Looks like that's where my problem was. Neither of those were checked. They are now :) > How do you exit TB? I used to just Alt-F4. Now I usually go through the Maintenance Centre, where I seem to have everything checked - hmmm, is that too hawkish? - and Alt-F4 after running Maintenance. -- Many thanks, Robert Bull mailto:[email protected] Using The Bat! v3.99.3 on Windows 98 4.10 Build 2222 A ________________________________________________ Current version is 4.2.9.1 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html

