You have to compact the folders to get the space back after you move or
delete messages.
File, Folder, Compact....
--
Ronald Sommer

"Theo" wrote in message
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:I use OE6 and noticed that the dbx files located under identities were
: getting bigger.
: I deleted the "Deleted Items.dbx" file. Went to OE and deleted a number of
: mails from my "Send" folder. Next I went to the "Deleted Items" folder and
: emptied it.
: OE created a new "Deleted Items.dbx" file. However this file has grown to
: the size of the deleted mails and the "Send Items.dbx" has remained the
same.
: I am fast approaching 1 Gig of dbx files. How can I get OE to purge the
: deleted mails? Thanks Theo