How to completely clean up wasted space in Outlook Express mail folders?
Did you know that Outlook Express stores your mails even after you delete them (even if they are gone from the Deleted Items folder)?
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This also goes for the other folders.
Let's assume that you have a very large Inbox let's say 100 megabytes. You've cleaned it and left only few messages which take maybe few hundreds of kilobytes but the Outlook Express still stores it as 100 megabytes folder. How to clean up this folder?
Select option from the main menu: File » Folder » Compact All Folders
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