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tahir
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jema Downsizer Moderator
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tahir
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RichardW
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dougal
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Posted: Sun Jul 08, 07 4:44 pm Post subject: |
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tahir wrote: |
Me too, but every so often I lose control of my inbox |
Things with attachments (inc graphics) may be a large part of the problem.
Depending on your mail client, you may be able to display in size order so you can make the maximum impact with the minimum effort/time.
But having emptied the mail Trash, you'll probably have to consolidate/compact your mail files to reduce the storage space reserved for the mail file.
Reducing its size makes it quicker/easier to backup, may make the mail program more nippy, but otherwise there may even be advantages in reusing particular chunks of disk (given over to mail, but with freespace).
If you defrag the disk, you'd be sure of having your mail files close together on the disk, and avoid the overhead of the OS allocating more space to expand the file - that is, until the next time your squirrel instincts get the better of you! |
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Barefoot Andrew Downsizer Moderator
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wildgarlic
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