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LJM940
I back up my Outlook Express 6.0 messages by copying them to a separate folder. But I've noticed that the folder sizes keep growing AFTER messages have been deleted.
For instance, I recently deleted a TON of old messages -- 4,697 of them to be exact -- and then I made sure to empty the Deleted Items folder.
But when I backed up the *.dbx files AFTER the Deleted Items folders was (allegedly) emptied, I note that the backup of my Deleted Items folder has grown almost ten-fold from 85MB to 830MB!!
Likewise, my Inbox now has half the messages it held previously -- yet its size has INCREASED from 184MB to 201MB.
Another folder which previously held 1,524 messages now contains only 167 -- yet its size has INCREASED from 539MB to 574MB.
If I may quote Mr. Spock, "This is ILLOGICAL".
How can folders that have had messages deleted continue to grow?!?!?
For instance, I recently deleted a TON of old messages -- 4,697 of them to be exact -- and then I made sure to empty the Deleted Items folder.
But when I backed up the *.dbx files AFTER the Deleted Items folders was (allegedly) emptied, I note that the backup of my Deleted Items folder has grown almost ten-fold from 85MB to 830MB!!
Likewise, my Inbox now has half the messages it held previously -- yet its size has INCREASED from 184MB to 201MB.
Another folder which previously held 1,524 messages now contains only 167 -- yet its size has INCREASED from 539MB to 574MB.
If I may quote Mr. Spock, "This is ILLOGICAL".
How can folders that have had messages deleted continue to grow?!?!?