Compacting means it's removing the deleted messages from the database to
free up more space. It doesn't delete the messages... you already did.
"Amy G in AZ" <AmyGinAZ@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> So what exactly does that mean? After compacting, some old emails from my
> inbox disappear. With Outlook it used to just archive them, but this does
> something with them, and I don't know where they go!?!
>
> "Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM" wrote:
> Quote:
>> "Amy G in AZ" <AmyGinAZ@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:179D7512-D4D2-4B8B-9A07-29F00171FF2F@xxxxxx Quote:
>> > When it compacts my message store, where do my messages go?
>>
>> Sorry, I gave an answer for Outlook Express.
>> Windows Mail just compacts the database, which contains information about
>> the messages but not the messages themselves.
>>
>> --
>> Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM
>> www.fjsmjs.com
>> Do not send email
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