If you manually empty the Deleted Items folder, then the space is available for new messages - that is, the messages are purged from the system. However, there is no public information on how the space is reused. For example, it could be that the space is reused only if a received message will fit entirely within the space available (essentially a fragmentation issue).
Entourage will continue to expand the database to contain all the messages and attachments currently in the database, including those in the Deleted Items folders. There will also be additional space that was previously occupied by messages that you deleted, and then were purged (emptied) via your manual empty. How much of this space will exist will depend on how efficiently Entourage reuses the free space in the database file. So to answer your question, the 71 MB should be the space needed for the messages you have stored, plus some free space that new messages can be placed into - "partially empty storage bin" - assuming that you have deleted messages and manually or automatically emptied the Deleted Items folder. You do not need to perform a rebuild to reuse this space, Entourage will do it for you. Assuming the space reuse algorithm is reasonably efficient, the largest the Entourage database will become is the size of all messages, attachments, contacts, memos, links, etc. combined. If, like many people, you tend to keep messages, then over time your database will grow in size. The amount of empty space will tend to remain the same size as the number of messages, etc. that you delete each day. What this all boils down to is that you do not need to rebuild on a regular basis. -- Eric Hildum > From: Helen Glazer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 11:09:32 -0400 > To: Entourage mac Talk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Rebuilding E2001 Database > > 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? -- 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/>
