Re: Another OE 6 question
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Gene
If you save large amounts of messages in Outlook
Express, corruption may result. and, as I discuss later, corruption may
result in this version of Outlook Express when you compact folders, at least
based on the very little I've read about this, especially when there are a lot
of messages in folders.
That's one reason to stop using this archaic
program. It is more subject to corruption of message folders than other
e-mail programs are. If you don't want to loose messages, save them
outside of the program.
You don't compact folders just because you place
messages in them. Compacting folders is done over time as you move and
delete messages. In Outlook Express, when you delete a message, it is
still there, but the program doesn't have access to it. Compacting removes
the messages and makes the folders smaller. It also moves information
around so it isn't fragmented, thus saving disk space. And
when you compact folders, especially, from the
little I've read about this, using the Windows 7 and higher compatible version
of Outlook Express, that may corrupt folders and it is more likely to happen
with this version than with the old XP and lower version from Microsoft.
If you have no specific reason to use this program, using something else is a
better option. Why do you want to use it?
Gene
----- Original Message -----
From: Troy Burnham
Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2018 6:44 PM
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Another OE 6 question The folders may need to be compacted because I downloaded 5 months worth of
messages about 2 weeks ago, but unless there’s more than one place to compact
folders I did that and I still can’t delete messages.
Troy
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