Sounds like it's a good idea. I've never gotten bad advice on this group, so
I'll be doing it as well.
DH


"Alias" wrote in message
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Dudley Henriques wrote:
I've always left the tree there because I didn't know that it mattered I
guess. Is it better to click it closed before compacting? Safer????
Dudley

I don't really know. I read it on an MVP's OE site and have done it ever
since. Perhaps it isn't necessary but it can't hurt ;-)

Alias


"Alias" wrote in message
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Dudley Henriques wrote:
That's my procedure as well. My normal method of using the computer is
to not use any two programs at one time anyway. I always close one
thing before opening another. When I'm using OE, that's the only thing
open save processes running in the background. When I compact at night,
everything is closed to a clean desktop, then I open OE and compact off
line.
I guess with this new update running the baks into the bin, the safest
method to do this now would be to alter the procedure a bit and leave
the recycle bin alone after compaction to be deleted the next day,
always working one day behind for clearing the bin. This would allow
the next day to verify that all is ok with OE; then to close and
compact for the next day, clear the bin first, then compact and leave
again for a repeat the next day. In other words, work OE each day, but
work the recycle bin one day later all the time.
Sound feasible?
Dudley
Very. The other thing I do when I compact is to click on Outlook Express
at the top of the folder tree, get rid of the folder tree and, like you,
go off line. You can put icons on the tool bar for both going off line
and disabling/enabling the folder tree.

Alias

"Alias" wrote in message
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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
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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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Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
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