Dudley Henriques wrote:
Thanks Frank;

My only question would be a REAL concern about my procedure of compacting
every night. I do this as the last thing before closing down my system. Does
this mean I now have to reopen OE every night after compacting and check
every folder to see that messages are still intact, then go into the recycle
bin and empty it? That will mean I have to go back and open each and every
folder on the bar to see if it's showing messages, and even then I won't
know if they are ALL there.
Am I missing something here? :-)))))
Dudley

You can wait until the morning but don't empty the recycle bin until
you've checked. That said, I always back up OE before compacting with
another OE back up program. Chances are, nothing will be missing unless,
for example, the lights go off when you're in the middle of compacting
or if you foolishly stop the compacting by doing a reboot in the middle
of the process or try to do something else like surf the web when it's
in process. When compacting, you should not even touch your mouse or
keyboard until it's done. I have never lost messages from compacting (or
anything else for that matter).

Alias

"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" wrote in message
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"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message
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I compact folders each night manually in OE and have never had any issues
with this procedure. The folders compress and that's it.
Just tonight, OE started copying all the dbx files to the recycle bin as
I manually compress. They show up there with a BAK extension.
Can anyone shed any light on this for me. I don't think I've changed any
settings and this has never happened before.
If possible I need to know what's happening and why and how to correct it
if it's an issue please.
Thank you
Dudley Henriques

Just to add to what Alias and Steve said, this is a Good Thing.

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