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**Garth**

I have OE 6 and it keeps asking to compact messages. How about a solution to
turn the d*** thing off?

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

See this recent discussion about the problem:
http://groups.google.com/group/micro...d35fbfa457fd6f

For reference, here's a list of things which are known to cause this
behavior:

• Various & sundry anti-virus applications (including Norton);
• Various & sundry anti-spyware applications;
• Various & sundry third-party firewalls;
• Any/all of the above running when WinXP SP3 was installed;
• IBM Rapid Access keyboard (driver) RAKDLL.DLL;
• Nero plug-in(s);
• Windows Desktop Search is installed;
• Windows Live Mail is or had been installed;
• Disk defragmentation, need for;
• Using Visual Basic DoCmd.SendObject command to create an email;
• Using any number third-party applications (e.g., accounting software) to
send emails by via Outlook Express;
• MailWasher; and/or
• Programatically opening EML files while OE is closed (e.g., creating a
New Message via Address Book).

NB: While the newsserver you're using may carry
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.outlooke xpress newsgroup, it is
NOT a newsgroup carried on the MS newsserver.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

R Palino wrote:
Somewhere along the way, I came across an option for OE to "compact
messages
in the backgroud".

Now, for some reason I am getting repeated (and I mean repeatedly!) pop-up
messages that say:

"To free up disk space, Outlook Express can compact messages. This may
take
a few minutes."

It also seems to take some system resources and slows down other things I
am
doing.

I assume this is becuase I picked to "compact messages in the background"
that htis is now occurring.

I cant recall, nor can find this option anymore.

How do I stop getting these pop-up messages...?

THank you.