"marrie" wrote in message
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O no I wait, but the stupid message still appears when I hit alt+f, f, f.
verses alt+f, f, c to compact by hand all 101 folders.


Then the only difference is Folders.dbx.
The only way to compact it is with Alt-F,F,F
How big is it? How many news accounts do you have
and how many newsgroups does each host?
Also, how many Search*.dbx do you have?

What I would try, before completely rebuilding Folders.dbx, is
make large changes to it to see if it would compact after them.
For example, start by closing OE (and make sure that msimn.exe
is not longer an active task) and delete all Search*.dbx (assuming
you don't have any local folders or newsgroups which match that
pattern too, otherwise use a more specific pattern when deleting them.)
If that isn't enough decide if one of your news accounts can be scrapped.
E.g. often I have a duplicate news account which is just there for testing.
Deleting it would remove all the newsgroup names that it hosts, thus giving
a compaction of Folders.dbx a lot more to work with.


Good luck

Robert Aldwinckle
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