Automatic compaction in OE results in message loss, so its best to manually
compact the folders.

See also www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#2

steve

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My deleted items.dbx file is currently about 200mb. When I empty the
deleted items folder, it remains the same size. I can compress the folder
manually and it goes to about 50kb

Is there a way of automatically shrinking the file when the folder is
empty

Inbox.dbx will change file size whenever I clear the inbox, so why not
deleted items ?

Many thanks

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Tobit