Re: Compacting files

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Not the answer to the question asked. Disallowing will not effect my hdd,
since I use other methods/software for taking care of deleted files and
such. Is there a way to prevent this or not?

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Steven

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"Michael Santovec" <michael_santovec@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Compacting is necessary maintenance. What it does it free disk space from
> deleted messages.
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> Failure to compact on a regular basis will result in filling up your disk
> drive as well as make the files more prone to corruption.
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> Compacting also speeds up Outlook Express.
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> Under XP SP2, OE will prompt to compact every 100 closes. Let it do it.
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> Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm
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> " Wondering" <none@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>I did not set OE to compact files and it kept asking to do so until I
>>finally said ok. I have no idea what files it is actually compacting and
>>why, but I would like to disable that whole setup. How do I do that? I do
>>not want it to compact nor to ask to compact, anymore.
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>> Steven
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>> There are two kind of people
>> 1) Those who finish what they started an
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