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]

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