Hello Sebastian,

On 19 Dec 2001 at 21:46:31 you wrote (at least in part):

S> What else does compression do?

Nothing else. It compresses the database (mail ~) by _real_ deleting
messages marked for deletion. That way it decreases the size of
message base by _real_ taking out the content, while 'Delete' only
sets a flag and does not decrease the (physical) size by one bit.

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Peter Palmreuther                            mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(The Bat! v1.54 Beta/17 on Windows NT 5.0 Build 2195 Service Pack 1)

In the not too distant future, next Sunday A.D....


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