![]() Just so you, or indeed anyone else who reads this, really understands what is occurring and that you realise you could be increasing the risk of ending up with a corrupted file.Įmails are stored in mbox files. uncheck the checkbox, (so not selected) 'compact all folders when it will save over x mb in total'.scroll down to the bottom to locate 'Disc Space' section.You are seeing it because you have reached the threshold that is set. The pop up message is because you have a setting that is asking you compact when it will save you x amount of space. I will agree that the information is now a little dated and needs some updating. I can only assume you gave it only a cursory glance as the information explained where you had a setting to switch auto compacting off or on and set a threshold. Re : An interesting article but rather irrelevant to the question. So messages refering to Purge usually original at the server and Thunderbird just displays them I am guessing this as Thunderbird does not use the term Purge, but Imap servers do. My guess is you are using IMAP and your server Quota is getting full so the server is begging you to purge some junk before they just disable your account as FULL. ![]() If your account is IMAP, the copies in the inbox never get removed their either, so you can change the server settings for the account to just mark it as deleted to see the list of "moved" mail that was not moved as all and is still in the folder taking up space. SO you probably have a gigabyte or more of old junk clogging up your inbox for no reason other than you simply do not understand how the process works. When you "move" an email it is deleted from the current folder and a newly created copy is appended to the folder you moved it to. ![]() An interesting article but rather irrelevant to the question.Īctually exactly on point. ![]()
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