On 7/23/02 11:31 AM, "Helen Glazer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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. > > 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. No, you could do this from a mail rule to "Remove Attachments". DISABLE the rule so it doesn't run automatically on new mail (just uncheck the Enabled checkbox). Then, when you're ready, select all the messages in a folder to which you'd like to remove attachments (you can select one and press command-A to select all, or shift-click two messages to select all in between, and/or command-click to select or de-select individual messages). Then go to Message menu --> Apply Rule-->Apply That Rule. It will remove all attachments from the selected messages. > > But there was one other reason I did the rebuild: because the drop-down list > of addresses of people who have sent you e-mail (the list that pops up when > you type a few letters in the To field) got so bloated it no longer served a > useful purpose. Note that most of the people in the list were NOT in my > Address Book, and were not being added to the Address Book itself > automatically, only to that drop-down list of recent correspondents. The > list includes the motley assortment of spammers who have sent junk e-mail > over the past few weeks, and with up to 10 coming in here a day they are > overwhelming the useful addresses. It would be great if I could a) limit > inclusion only to people I replied to or b) selectively delete individual > addresses from that list periodically until it's time for a rebuild for disk > space reasons. Second choice would be to turn that > add-senders-to-the-drop-down-list feature off, although I do find it useful > sometimes. Couldn't find a darned thing about this in "Help" either. Don't worry about it. if, instead of removing them you just let them be, they will settle down within about two or three weeks to the 200 most frequent correspondents - just the ones you want (with a few new ones coming and going). You can still get rid of ones who have changed their address by making a contact with the "bad address" and deleting it or giving it Junk category, but just let the others be. By removing them, now you just start all over again leave it be a few weeks this time. In Entourage X, you can remove that list completely if you want. But you'd be silly to do that. It's a great feature: i often have people who wrote me once or twice a few days ago and i can reply this way without having to make them contacts or searching for them. if they don't become regular correspondents, they drop out soon enough. if you want specific contacts to always be at the top of the list, give then unique nicknames in their contacts and start typing the nickname, not the name. -- Paul Berkowitz -- 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/>
