Thanks Diane
Great Information ! I'll see what I can do. Cliff
on 4/6/04 12:34 PM, Diane Ross at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On 4/5/04 6:00 AM, "cliff krolick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> I'm getting ready to dump my deleted items folder. It literally takes4- 5
>> minutes to scroll through this entire list of deletes. I have two choices
>> to delete them. I can go into tools and under run schedules there's an
>> empty deleted files choice or there's under schedules a box to check- empty
>> deleted files folder. My Question: If I run the schedule and click on the
>> empty deleted files choice what will I see happen on the computer? Will it
>> act as if it has crashed? no other uses till its done dumping except maybe
>> the mouse pointer able to move? And how long might this take? Or should I
>> just check the box for - empty the deleted files or should I do both?
>
> You don't mention how many messages, but I'm guessing a lot.
>
> To be safe I would delete in sections. If you set up a schedule to delete
> older than xxx days, then change date in increments until you get them
> deleted.
>
> Manually, you can select the messages in bunches and use delete.
>
> It's best not to let this folder pile up. Use a schedule to delete on a
> regular basis whether it be daily, weekly or monthly.
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