"Gordon" <gbplinux******.com.invalid> wrote

many problems in OE with regard to corrupt folders and loss of data seem to
be caused precisely BECAUSE the user did not compact on a regular basis....


Alright but that still leaves doubt. Saying problems are caused because
users dont compact regularly could mean either they waited too long to
compact and when they did, it caused corruption. Or it could mean that the
user never compacted at all and that caused the corruption.

Which is it? Either the problem was caused by compacting messages after
waiting a long time; or corruption occured when the user never compacted
messages.

To me, the statement: "many problems in OE with regard to corrupt folders
and loss of data seem to be caused precisely BECAUSE the user did not
compact on a regular basis" says that if you are going to compact, do it
regularly or risk corruption.


Keven