[PLUG] Resolved: Thunderbird disk usage

[Richard C. Steffens]

Bruce Kilpatrick wrote:
> I did some more looking and found under the File menu, just above empty 
> trash, there is a "compact folders".
> 
> Does this count?

That's the recommended thing to do that will actually free up disk space 
and really delete deleted e-mail. You can also compact a specific folder 
by right clicking on it and choosing "Compact this folder" from the 
context menu.

The automation feature I found pops up a dialog that offers to compact 
the folders when T-bird decides that doing so will save 100 KB or more 
of space. The more important thing is that compaction be done from time 
to time, so the automation feature is not critical as long as you do it 
yourself.

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Regards,

Dick Steffens