1a. Move the messages in Deleted Items that you want to keep to a local
folder you've created for this purpose.

1b. Move any messages in Sent Items that you want to keep to a local folder
you've created for this purpose.

2. Delete everything else in Sent Items folder.

3. Empty (delete the contents of) the Deleted Items folder.

4. Compact all folders.

General OE Caveats:

- Don't use Inbox or Sent Items to archive messages. Move them to local
folders created for this purpose.

- Empty Deleted Items folder daily.

- Disable Background Compacting [not available in SP2] and frequently
perform a manual compact of all OE folders while "working offline". More at
http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm

- WinXP SP2 only: Do not shut down your machine while Windows is
automatically compacting your message store.

- Your anti-virus application's email scanning feature can also cause such
corruption. Disable it. It provides no additional protection.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)


PaulT wrote:
We have over 5000 files in our deleted Items folder but would like to
delete
around half(keeping the newer messages)... I can only find a way to delete
all at once or do it one by one.. Is there a trick to deleting a large
group
without deleting them all?? Thx in advance.