I'm not seeing any of the reported problems with Windows Mail when in use
for a few email accounts and newsgroups, though almost all of my important
mail and contact handling is done with Office. The only weird occurrence I
have is a slowness opening messages that is oddly remedied by opening and
closing the Windows calendar from within WM after WM is opened.
Zero Byte files may be a nuisance to many and can be deleted. To avoid the
time spent navigating to the folder to delete the '0' byte files Stephen
Cochran's utility works very well. It also compacts and can repair the WM
message store database. A nice tool to have for maintenance and extra
insurance.
http://www.oehelp.com/WMUtil/
"melinda J" <VZEVXWOU@verizon.net.linlove.com> wrote in message
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> "Cal Bear '66" <xxx@xxx.org> wrote in message
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> I went into Windows Explorer to investigate the Windows Mail message store
> and I saw zero size entries seemingly for every message I have ever sent
> or received
> and then DELETED for both the mail and newsgroups.
>
> Why, even though these messages have been deleted and the message store
> has been
> compacted numerous times, are these zero byte files retained?
>
> Might this have something to do with all the numerous Windows Mail
> problems?