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.