Compacting removes the space previously occupied by deleted messages, IF
you don't compact the file size will continue to grow until it becomes
inaccessible.

Compact the file OR suffer the consequences. Your choice.

Kevin J. Nielsen wrote:

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