OE 6 wasting space?

I've been using Outlook Express 6 for some time now and I use e-Backup
regularly to make back ups from my e-mail & news groups.
Recently I noticed that the back up was getting rather large, in spite of
having deleted old messages with attachments etc.
So I examined my identity folder and I found 'concepts.idx' and 'removed
items.idx', both about 50 MB in size! But in Outlook Express both these
folders are empty!
What is happening here?



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"Linea Recta" wrote in message
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I've been using Outlook Express 6 for some time now and I use e-Backup
regularly to make back ups from my e-mail & news groups.
Recently I noticed that the back up was getting rather large, in spite of
having deleted old messages with attachments etc.
So I examined my identity folder and I found 'concepts.idx' and 'removed
items.idx', both about 50 MB in size! But in Outlook Express both these
folders are empty!
What is happening here?



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regards,

|\ /|
| \/ |@rk
\../
\/os



Sounds like files left over from OE4 - OE6 doesn't use idx files
AFAIK........

"Gordon" schreef in bericht
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"Linea Recta" wrote in message
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I've been using Outlook Express 6 for some time now and I use e-Backup
regularly to make back ups from my e-mail & news groups.
Recently I noticed that the back up was getting rather large, in spite
of
having deleted old messages with attachments etc.
So I examined my identity folder and I found 'concepts.idx' and 'removed
items.idx', both about 50 MB in size! But in Outlook Express both these
folders are empty!
What is happening here?



--
regards,

|\ /|
| \/ |@rk
\../
\/os



Sounds like files left over from OE4 - OE6 doesn't use idx files
AFAIK........



I'm sorry, my mistake: I meant .DBX files. They all have the actual date.




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regards,

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| \/ |@rk
\../
\/os

After deleting messages you have to compact the folders (File | Folder | =
Compact or Compact all) to remove the wasted space in the file and clear =
out the deleted stuff.

If compaction does not work, then the folders are corrupt and you need =
to delete them manually via WinExplorer. They are hidden in Win2K and =
XP.

steve

"Linea Recta" wrote in message =
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I've been using Outlook Express 6 for some time now and I use e-Backup
regularly to make back ups from my e-mail & news groups.
Recently I noticed that the back up was getting rather large, in spite =
of
having deleted old messages with attachments etc.
So I examined my identity folder and I found 'concepts.idx' and =
'removed
items.idx', both about 50 MB in size! But in Outlook Express both =
these
folders are empty!
What is happening here?
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Linea Recta cogitated deeply and scribbled thusly:
"Gordon" schreef in bericht
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"Linea Recta" wrote in message
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I've been using Outlook Express 6 for some time now and I use e-Backup
regularly to make back ups from my e-mail & news groups.
Recently I noticed that the back up was getting rather large, in spite

of

having deleted old messages with attachments etc.
So I examined my identity folder and I found 'concepts.idx' and 'removed
items.idx', both about 50 MB in size! But in Outlook Express both these
folders are empty!
What is happening here?



--
regards,

|\ /|
| \/ |@rk
\../
\/os



Sounds like files left over from OE4 - OE6 doesn't use idx files
AFAIK........




I'm sorry, my mistake: I meant .DBX files. They all have the actual date.





Have you compacted all folders recently?

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Gordon"
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlooke xpress
Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 10:45 PM
Subject: OE 6 wasting space?


Linea Recta cogitated deeply and scribbled thusly:
"Gordon" schreef in bericht
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"Linea Recta" wrote in message
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I've been using Outlook Express 6 for some time now and I use e-Backup
regularly to make back ups from my e-mail & news groups.
Recently I noticed that the back up was getting rather large, in spite

of

having deleted old messages with attachments etc.
So I examined my identity folder and I found 'concepts.idx' and
'removed
items.idx', both about 50 MB in size! But in Outlook Express both these
folders are empty!
What is happening here?



--
regards,

|\ /|
| \/ |@rk
\../
\/os



Sounds like files left over from OE4 - OE6 doesn't use idx files
AFAIK........




I'm sorry, my mistake: I meant .DBX files. They all have the actual
date.





Have you compacted all folders recently?



No, I assumed "delete" meant delete in OE. Obviously some terminoligy
confusion, because my back up program compresses the back up, but I suppose
"compacting" is something different than "compressing".
Gosh, I compacted all folders now, and my back up is now 56 MB in stead of
130 MB!

thanks,

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\/os

I never knew I had to "compact", because I assumed "deleted" messages to be
deleted in OE (so much for logics?)
Now I used the compact all option and my back up decreased from 130 MB to 56
MB!
Never too old to learn I suppose...


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thanks,

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\/os



"Steve Cochran" schreef in bericht
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After deleting messages you have to compact the folders (File | Folder |
Compact or Compact all) to remove the wasted space in the file and clear out
the deleted stuff.

If compaction does not work, then the folders are corrupt and you need to
delete them manually via WinExplorer. They are hidden in Win2K and XP.

steve

"Linea Recta" wrote in message
...
I've been using Outlook Express 6 for some time now and I use e-Backup
regularly to make back ups from my e-mail & news groups.
Recently I noticed that the back up was getting rather large, in spite of
having deleted old messages with attachments etc.
So I examined my identity folder and I found 'concepts.idx' and 'removed
items.idx', both about 50 MB in size! But in Outlook Express both these
folders are empty!
What is happening here?



--
regards,

|\ /|
| \/ |@rk
\../
\/os

"Linea Recta" wrote in message
...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gordon"
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlooke xpress
Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 10:45 PM
Subject: OE 6 wasting space?


Linea Recta cogitated deeply and scribbled thusly:
"Gordon" schreef in bericht
...

"Linea Recta" wrote in message
...

I've been using Outlook Express 6 for some time now and I use
e-Backup
regularly to make back ups from my e-mail & news groups.
Recently I noticed that the back up was getting rather large, in
spite

of

having deleted old messages with attachments etc.
So I examined my identity folder and I found 'concepts.idx' and
'removed
items.idx', both about 50 MB in size! But in Outlook Express both
these
folders are empty!
What is happening here?



--
regards,

|\ /|
| \/ |@rk
\../
\/os



Sounds like files left over from OE4 - OE6 doesn't use idx files
AFAIK........




I'm sorry, my mistake: I meant .DBX files. They all have the actual
date.





Have you compacted all folders recently?



No, I assumed "delete" meant delete in OE. Obviously some terminoligy
confusion, because my back up program compresses the back up, but I
suppose
"compacting" is something different than "compressing".
Gosh, I compacted all folders now, and my back up is now 56 MB in stead of
130 MB!

thanks,

|\ /|
| \/ |@rk
\../
\/os

It "compacts" the empty space left when you delete a message.

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