Yes, Netscape has a horrible habit of keeping message even after you delete them.
However, there is a trick to that.
Right click on a folder in Netscape Messanger and select "Compress Folder"
That will clean then all up.
you can do
du -sk ~/nsmail before and after and see how much space you saved
igor
On Fri 20 Apr 2001, Pradeep Sangunni wrote:
> on Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 08:12:54AM -0600
> Organization: SET
> X-Operating-System: Linux friends 2.2.18 i686
>
> i copied a netscape folder which had around 90 msg and when i
> opened it through mutt i found it aroud 500+ msg (all the old msg in action)
>
> Reg,
> -Pradeep.
>