-- Eric Hildum
> From: Helen Glazer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 14:31:55 -0400 > To: Entourage Talk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Rebuilding E2001 Database > > Well if I understand those who replied to my post (and thanks to you all!) > the infected attachments disappear when I empty the Deleted Items folder. > Only the space in the database remains, but it's an empty space, set aside > for use by Entourage when some more e-mails with attachments come in. I > also gather that it is possible that the database size will reach an > equilibrium between incoming and deleted items so a rebuild may not be > needed for a long time. That's basically correct. > > As far as what you suggest above, the only thing I can see to do is to open > each message individually, highlight any attachments, and click on the red > "X" by the word "Remove" to the right of the list of attachments. I did a > little experiment where I removed a 1 MB attachment from an Entourage > message, moved the item to Deleted Items, and emptied the Deleted Items > folder. Following that, nothing was in the Trash on my Desktop, which makes > me think that removing the attachment before deletion probably was handled > entirely within Entourage and didn't affect the size or composition of the > database. But someone who really knows what's going on here can comment if > I'm wrong. Since you apparently empty the deleted items folder daily, you do not even need to remove the attachments, just delete the message, and everything will disappear when you empty the deleted items folder. That may save you some time and work. -- 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/>
