Only if you delete a lot of email. For the average user, doing this every
other month can help keep your WM app running at full speed.



"TK" <TK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:91290CDB-FEA2-47E1-AF95-6D8A3886BC5D@microsoft.com...
>
> So what I get from this is that it is a good thing to compact the message
> store? I have just been saying no, because I wasn't sure what it was.
> Thanks.
> "Steve Cochran" wrote:
>
>> 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.
>> >>
>> >>
>>