Outlook express question, pleeze.

[ItalianScallion (Premo)]

I have Windows XP Home and I use Outlook express (6 I think) and, lately, every day without fail I get a pop up box saying that Outlook can compact my messages to save disc space. I have 87% free space, what the heck needs compacting!!?? I clicked ok on it before and for about a week it stays away. Now it keeps coming back and pops up even when I'm not in my email account. I can be in the middle of typing on this forum and it pops up. How can I stop this? Should I just click on OK everytime it shows up? I really just want to disable it. Thanks in advance computer folks.

[GWguy]

Originally Posted by ItalianScallion

I have Windows XP Home and I use Outlook express (6 I think) and, lately, every day without fail I get a pop up box saying that Outlook can compact my messages to save disc space. I have 87% free space, what the heck needs compacting!!?? I clicked ok on it before and for about a week it stays away. Now it keeps coming back and pops up even when I'm not in my email account. I can be in the middle of typing on this forum and it pops up. How can I stop this? Should I just click on OK everytime it shows up? I really just want to disable it. Thanks in advance computer folks.

Your folders (InBox, Sent, any other folders you make) are all stored in one big file. When you delete a message, it really doesn't get removed from that file until you compact the file to remove the deadwood.

It's a good thing to do.

[ItalianScallion (Premo)]

Originally Posted by GWguy

Your folders (InBox, Sent, any other folders you make) are all stored in one big file. When you delete a message, it really doesn't get removed from that file until you compact the file to remove the deadwood.

It's a good thing to do.

Dude, you rock! Ya know, I was afraid of that. Just another form of mechanical harassment that I need to accept. Thanks GW.

[BOP]

Originally Posted by ItalianScallion

I have Windows XP Home and I use Outlook express (6 I think) and, lately, every day without fail I get a pop up box saying that Outlook can compact my messages to save disc space. I have 87% free space, what the heck needs compacting!!?? I clicked ok on it before and for about a week it stays away. Now it keeps coming back and pops up even when I'm not in my email account. I can be in the middle of typing on this forum and it pops up. How can I stop this? Should I just click on OK everytime it shows up? I really just want to disable it. Thanks in advance computer folks.

It's all that email you keep getting from the Gay and Lesbian Friends network on Second Life.

Seriously, I'm getting to dislike OE more and more.

[ItalianScallion (Premo)]

Originally Posted by BOP

It's all that email you keep getting from the Gay and Lesbian Friends network on Second Life.

Seriously, I'm getting to dislike OE more and more.

Actually what made me switch from Verizon mail to OE was that it doesn't time out. I was composing an email with verizon and it timed out after 10 minutes of typing and I lost the entire email.

[GWguy]

Originally Posted by ItalianScallion

Actually what made me switch from Verizon mail to OE was that it doesn't time out. I was composing an email with verizon and it timed out after 10 minutes of typing and I lost the entire email.

I had that happening too, needed to use the web mail when I was at work. However, they updated their web mail, and if you choose to use the newer version, it only times out if you don't use it for a couple of hours.

You're still better off with a client mail (OE, ThunderBird, etc..)

[BOP]

Originally Posted by ItalianScallion

Actually what made me switch from Verizon mail to OE was that it doesn't time out. I was composing an email with verizon and it timed out after 10 minutes of typing and I lost the entire email.

I guess I'm spoiled by the features that Outlook has, like the calendar, meeting makers, and so on. I remember the days of Eudora, and how buggy that was, as well as vulnerable.

Gonna check and see if there's something like an OpenOffice version for web mail.