-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 02/14/07 09:33, Paul Walsh wrote: > Daniel D Jones wrote: > >> messages. Compact. That's what the operation was called, and >> that's what the drop down menu said. That was in the early >> '90s, over 20 years ago. >> >> > I presume you meant "early '80s"? > > "You learn something new every day" the saying goes. > > I hadn't realised about the function of the "Compact" option 'til > I read this thread. Might (partially) explain why my windozZe > laptop goes into meltdown when I open Tbird - AV software grabs > 100% CPU as it scans the mail (presumably because the 'Inbox' > file still has the contents of messages marked as deleted?) and > the system's pretty well unusable. I'll go through the folders > compacting when I get the chance.
Tbird has a "compact folders when it will save nnn KB". That should help things on the Windows side. > As the laptop's a multi-boot system (soon to have a Suse variant > replaced by Etch) I'll simply switch to using Tbird/IceDove for > mail. Eventually I expect to switch to using a VMware (or > virtualbox) virtual machine for winXP and just have the laptop > boot to Linux by default (which is what I do on my PC at work)! > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFF00NBS9HxQb37XmcRAqD/AKDFdbCIRthELDFpL4LZiT7iqRNRrQCfR3/s TlSlP7toMFlYaa+xz2d57N4= =65uV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
