[Needless crossposting eliminated. Why didn't you crosspost to an
OE-specific newsgroup, Kevin?]

It can't be disabled, nor would you want to do so.

Compact all OE folders manually on a regular basis and you'll never be
nagged to do so by Automatic Compacting.

Yes, you /do/ need to compact all folders on a regular basis to avoid
corruption (e.g., loss of messages). See
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/...orruption.mspx

General OE Caveats:

- Don't use Inbox or Sent Items to archive messages. Move them to local
folders created for this purpose.

- Empty Deleted Items folder daily.

- Disable Background Compacting [not available in SP2] and frequently
perform a manual compact of all OE folders while "working offline". More at
http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm

- WinXP SP2 only: Do not shut down your machine while Windows is
automatically compacting your message store.

- Your anti-virus application's email scanning feature can also cause such
corruption. Disable it. It provides no additional protection.
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)


Kevin J. Nielsen wrote:
> Every time I close Outlook Express, I get the following message: "to free
> up
> disk space, outlook express can compact messages."
>
> I have read about this and I understand it does not diminish the integrity
> of my messages.
>
> However, the problem I have is that I cannot stand it when programs like
> this keep bugging me relentlessly until I do what they want me to do. I
> want to have the choice to say yes or no. This program does not give me
> that choice because it keeps bugging me until it gets its way.
>
> I would greatly appreciate it if someone could tell me how to stop these
> annoying pop-ups.
>
>
>
> Thank You very much
>
>
>
> Keven