On 7/22/02 2:12 AM, "Eric Hildum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Have you changed the default handling of messages that you have deleted? If > I remember correctly, messages in the Deleted Items folder are automatically > purged when you shutdown, but it is possible to change this, or even stop > the purge altogether. Do you have a lot of messages in the Deleted Items > folder? According to "Help" there are two ways to empty the Deleted Items. The first, which I use, is to periodically control-click the Deleted Items folder in the left pane and select "empty deleted items." The Deleted Items are not emptied from the folder until I do this, even if I shut down and restart the next day. The other way is to do it through Tools: schedules. They say you can create a schedule to purge the items automatically after a certain number accumulate or according to any rules you create. The article on Microsoft's site about rebuilds in E2001 says: "Entourage stores data, such as contacts, tasks, and notes, in a database. The more messages you receive and the more items you create, the larger the database grows ... And when you delete an item, Entourage doesn't automatically reduce the size of the database. Instead, Entourage keeps the space available for any new items that you create or messages that you receive." (see full article at http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/office/2001/entourage/ent_main.asp?emb FPath=featart&embFName=rebuild_database.asp) Since almost every day I do manually empty the Deleted Items folder does this mean that the deleted messages ARE purged from my system or do they live on in my database unless I do a Rebuild? Is the 71 MB in one of the folders right now a result of the Entourage database holding onto deleted items (which is what I thought at first), or is it just a large and partially empty storage bin waiting for "any new itmes that you create or messages that you receive"? The text above also implies that Entourage will expand the database size indefinitely unless you rebuild. Or is there a point at which, as Beth implied, it just starts overwriting the files in the database? � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � Helen Glazer, Webmaster George Glazer Gallery Antique Globes, Maps & Prints http://www.georgeglazer.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
