On Thursday, October 30, 2014 3:17:51 AM UTC-7, Daniel wrote: > On 30/10/14 15:17, david wrote: > > Using 2.26.1, Vista, and seemed that Mail is acting really slow. Then found > > that several mail folders contain HUGE files for empty folders. > > > > The Drafts folder has a size of 1.2GB and it contains no drafts (empty) > > while the Junk folder is shown as 195MB and is empty as well. > > > > I have hit the Repair Folder button several times for each folder, with no > > change. Then I deleted their respective .msf files, and no change as well. > > > > Inbox folder contains messages but file space reserved seems high as well. > > > > Then I considered whether I had corrupt disc file space and used CheckDisc > > to scan entire C drive. Checkdisc did not find any disc corruption. > > > > Any ideas on how to fix this? Delete the Drafts and Junk Folders manually > > and reinstall Seamonkey? > > > > Thanks > > > David, did you try File->Empty Trash and then File->Compact Folders? > > When SM deletes a file (or copys to another folder, I think), the file > is not actually removed from the Inbox, it is marked for deletion and > made invisible. When you Empty Trash *and then* Compact Folders, it is > actually deleted, releasing all saved space back to your system. > > I'm guessing the same would apply to your Draft folder as well. > > -- > Daniel >
Thanks Daniel, that did the job, and released 10GB of space on the HD. _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
