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06-28-2006
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| | Compact (All) Folders? It looks to me like mail and newsgroup message are stored in individual files (one file per message item). If so, what does File | Folder | Compact or Compact All Folders do? Is the use of discrete files temporary and to be replaced in the final by virtual folders just like in Outlook Express? |
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06-29-2006
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| | Re: Compact (All) Folders? The individual message files are stored as you indicated, but there is also a database, which contains metadata on the messages as well as the download information (e.g. NG and POP3 indicators). So the database needs periodic compaction in order to maintain performance. I think the terminology will change a bit. steve "Fuzzy John" <john@dontemail.com> wrote in message news:E155E02E-6214-441A-B152-FEBE1528A41B@microsoft.com... > It looks to me like mail and newsgroup message are stored in individual > files (one file per message item). If so, what does File | Folder | > Compact or Compact All Folders do? Is the use of discrete files temporary > and to be replaced in the final by virtual folders just like in Outlook > Express? > |
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