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11-04-2007
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| | Windows Mail Compacting MEssage Store When it compacts my message store, where do my messages go? |
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11-04-2007
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| | Re: Windows Mail Compacting MEssage Store "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? -- Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM www.fjsmjs.com Do not send email |
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11-04-2007
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| | Re: Windows Mail Compacting MEssage Store "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? Compacting does not change the messages, it only removes the space taken up by already deleted messages, freeing that space for other messages. Interrupting the compacting process can cause messages to be permanently lost if OE is not up-to-date. -- Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM www.fjsmjs.com Do not send email |
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11-04-2007
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| | Re: Windows Mail Compacting MEssage Store "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? 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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11-04-2007
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| | Re: Windows Mail Compacting MEssage Store 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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11-04-2007
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| | Re: Windows Mail Compacting MEssage Store 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 news  E90D1DB-B9A3-464C-88F2-FE7E8DBBC9ED@xxxxxxQuote: > 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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