Hello Joe,
There must be a couple of different versions floating about because :
*My* :) Microsoft Exchange (in place of Internet Mail) does have an "Empty Deleted Items Folder upon exiting" option. But I prefer not to. I have often gone searching thru the Deleted Items using the quite powerful Find mechanism, looking for something I know I read about. It's great. However, yes, if you choose not to automatically delete all read messages, you must occasionally delete them manually. A simple task, sort them by date, and delete 2 or 3 months worth.
Ideally I would like to see this work much like the recycle bin does. i.e. allocate x space for deleted messages and when that fills up start using a FIFO approach.
*My* :) Internet News has the options of "Delete Messages x Days after being Downloaded", "Don't keep read messages", "Compact Files when there is more than x percent wasted disk space" and File/Clean Up Files...
This is true for my Windows95b home PC. Can't swear for my work Windows95a PC though.
Ehm, this is what you're talking about isn't it ?
Costas Anastassiades,
Athens-Greece
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From: Joe Geiser[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Παρασκευή, 3 Απριλίου 1998 2:19 μμ
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: MS Mail/News Cleanup (was: Win NT worksta...)
Nick,
The reason you are having the trouble with your Inbox (and yes, this is
causing your "leak" - actually MS Internet Mail and News is - is because the
folders need to be "Cleaned up" every so often.
When you delete a message, it dosen't actually go away... To clean up your
folders, and reclaim the disk space, click File, then Folder, Then Compact
Folders... This will do the trick for you.
I know - MS should put something in there to do it automatically. Well,
they didn't - and since I don't write the stuff, and it's already been
recommended to Microsoft a zillion times...
Joe
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