Olaf, recently I had a simular situation. It's the vm file for the virtual memory. Some programs don't manage memory well, in my case it was the camera software. Quitting the program solved the problem. I also suspected Powermail having a memory leak, but meanwhile I think I was wrong.
All the best Matthias ----------------------------------------------- schmidt-systemdevelopment http://www.schmidt-system.com iChat/AIM: MatKoyasan Tel. +81-736-56-3905 ----------------------------------------------- Am/On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 07:41:41 +0200 schrieb/wrote Olaf Drümmer: >Hi, > >just was about to compact my database, but get the message "The disk is >almost full. There is currently 2048 MB free, and compacting requires >about 2049 MB." and cannot go on and compact. > >The actual disk space available is roughly 3.5 GB. > >I believe this is a bug in PowerMail (signed 32 bit integer is just about >2048 MB, and it seems PowerMail just can't deal properly with something >above this). > >Does anyone have an idea how to work around this bug? > >Olaf > > >PS: Using PowerMail 5.0 on OS/X 10.3.4 > > >-- >Olaf Druemmer | Managing Director >callas software gmbh | Schoenhauser Allee 6/7 | Berlin | Germany >Tel +49.30.44 39 03 10 | Fax +49.30.4 41 64 02 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] | www.callassoftware.com >-- >Visit www.PDFcity.com - the free online PDF preflighting service > > >