In WinMail, unlike OE, the messages don't get compacted, only the database
does. So they won't be affected.

See also www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#wm

steve

"Ellen" <Ellen@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:95998923-6A87-4382-B7E1-4AAD861C8188@microsoft.com...
> What is the best way to store important e-mail messages before they get
> compacted?
>
> "Justin" wrote:
>
>> "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" <franksaunders@mvps.org> wrote in message
>> news:4BCBAC61-140A-4AD0-ADE0-5C4E03C4C9EA@microsoft.com...
>> > "Justin" <None@None.com> wrote in message
>> > news:ui3uuF5ZHHA.984@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> >> What are the advantages of that program?
>> >>
>> >> You can compact the DB yourself. To repair the DB, seems to me you
>> >> are
>> >> better off just deleting it and letting it rebuild. Even with 7,000+
>> >> emails it didn't take very long.
>> >
>> >
>> > I don't see how to compact the database yourself, and deleting it must
>> > be
>> > done in both locations and then the rebuilding causes me problems with
>> > duplicate messages.
>>
>> Dups - That's odd. No problems here.
>>
>> I believe by default WM will compact every 100 runs. Change it to 1 and
>> exit. Then put it back.
>>
>>