Select File, Folders, Compact All Folders. This doesn't matter what
folder you have selected, it will do all of them including mail and
news.

Compacting is a necessary function. I generally do it once a week just
before I do my weekly backup.

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Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"MikeV06" wrote in message
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On Mon, 27 Feb 2006 00:48:41 -0600, Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE wrote:

Yes, you should do it, but make sure you don't turn off your computer
until
it finishes.

I compact regularly using the button in OETool (free).
www.oehelp.com

This is a dumb question, but I have looked at help and it says to
select a
mail folder and then do file/compact. I have an IMAP setup. Hence, the
only
thing I could compact would the local inbox, outbox, etc. folders.
However,
no option to compact those is provided. I assume this means I do not
need
to be concerned with compacting??