I have most of the email I want to save divided within 8-9 folders I created
for that purpose. I know better than to save email in the default inbox.
However, some of them are getting pretty big. I have read here about not
letting folders get any bigger than about 100 kb, but I haven't been able to
figure out how to check the sizes of my folders. Right click and properties
does not include the size, only the number of emails. And my folders don't
show in my explorer window. So where do I look to check the size of the
folders so I can keep the info safe? I know, this is a pretty basic
question, but it got me. LOL

Thanks

Pamela

Pamela G. wrote:
I have most of the email I want to save divided within 8-9 folders I created
for that purpose. I know better than to save email in the default inbox.
However, some of them are getting pretty big. I have read here about not
letting folders get any bigger than about 100 kb, but I haven't been able to
figure out how to check the sizes of my folders. Right click and properties
does not include the size, only the number of emails. And my folders don't
show in my explorer window. So where do I look to check the size of the
folders so I can keep the info safe? I know, this is a pretty basic
question, but it got me. LOL

Thanks

Pamela



Make sure you have hidden files and folders unhidden in Windows
Explorer. Open OE. Got to Tools/Options/Maintenance/Message store
button. Select location path in the message store and copy it. Close OE.
Open My Computer and paste the location you just copied into the address
field. Hit enter. Hover your mouse cursor above the .dbx files and you
will see their size.

Alias

Pamela G. wrote:
I have most of the email I want to save divided within 8-9 folders I
created for that purpose. I know better than to save email in the
default inbox. However, some of them are getting pretty big. I have
read here about not letting folders get any bigger than about 100 kb,
but I haven't been able to figure out how to check the sizes of my
folders. Right click and properties does not include the size, only
the number of emails. And my folders don't show in my explorer
window. So where do I look to check the size of the folders so I can
keep the info safe? I know, this is a pretty basic question, but it
got me. LOL
Thanks

Pamela

Consider creating a new identity for archiving purposes.
Fileidentitiesadd new identity.
Import all you old mail into it. You don't have to set up an account in
it.
Switch back and forth between identities to read the old mail.
Continue to use your current ID for all new mail.

--
Kath Adams
MS MVP - Windows (Outlook Express)

Hello Pamela,

Thank you for posting.

Thanks to all for the excellent suggestion.

I also think you can know the size of the folders by checking the size of
those .dbx files.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to let me know.

Sincerely,
John Chen, MCSE, MCSA, MCDBA, MCSD
Microsoft Online Partner Support

Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security

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Its too bad that feature was remove in Vista.

steve

"John Chen [MSFT]" wrote in message
...
Hello Pamela,

Thank you for posting.

Thanks to all for the excellent suggestion.

I also think you can know the size of the folders by checking the size of
those .dbx files.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to let me know.

Sincerely,
John Chen, MCSE, MCSA, MCDBA, MCSD
Microsoft Online Partner Support

Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security

================================================== ===
When responding to posts, please "Reply to Group" via
your newsreader so that others may learn and benefit
from your issue.
================================================== ===

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.

If you right click on the folder in the folder list and go to Properties, it
will tell the location of the file and also its size.

The cautions are to keep the folders under 100 Mbytes, not 100 Kbytes. And
you can just add more folders if they get too big, but you should backup
regardless.

steve

"Pamela G." wrote in message
...
I have most of the email I want to save divided within 8-9 folders I
created for that purpose. I know better than to save email in the default
inbox. However, some of them are getting pretty big. I have read here about
not letting folders get any bigger than about 100 kb, but I haven't been
able to figure out how to check the sizes of my folders. Right click and
properties does not include the size, only the number of emails. And my
folders don't show in my explorer window. So where do I look to check the
size of the folders so I can keep the info safe? I know, this is a pretty
basic question, but it got me. LOL

Thanks

Pamela

My OE shows the number of messages, but not the size.
--
Ron Sommer

"Steve Cochran" wrote in message
...
If you right click on the folder in the folder list and go to Properties,
it will tell the location of the file and also its size.

The cautions are to keep the folders under 100 Mbytes, not 100 Kbytes.
And you can just add more folders if they get too big, but you should
backup regardless.

steve

"Pamela G." wrote in message
...
I have most of the email I want to save divided within 8-9 folders I
created for that purpose. I know better than to save email in the default
inbox. However, some of them are getting pretty big. I have read here
about not letting folders get any bigger than about 100 kb, but I haven't
been able to figure out how to check the sizes of my folders. Right click
and properties does not include the size, only the number of emails. And
my folders don't show in my explorer window. So where do I look to check
the size of the folders so I can keep the info safe? I know, this is a
pretty basic question, but it got me. LOL

Thanks

Pamela

Properties | Local File shows the size.

steve

"Ron Sommer" wrote in message
...
My OE shows the number of messages, but not the size.
--
Ron Sommer

"Steve Cochran" wrote in message
...
If you right click on the folder in the folder list and go to Properties,
it will tell the location of the file and also its size.

The cautions are to keep the folders under 100 Mbytes, not 100 Kbytes.
And you can just add more folders if they get too big, but you should
backup regardless.

steve

"Pamela G." wrote in message
...
I have most of the email I want to save divided within 8-9 folders I
created for that purpose. I know better than to save email in the default
inbox. However, some of them are getting pretty big. I have read here
about not letting folders get any bigger than about 100 kb, but I haven't
been able to figure out how to check the sizes of my folders. Right click
and properties does not include the size, only the number of emails. And
my folders don't show in my explorer window. So where do I look to check
the size of the folders so I can keep the info safe? I know, this is a
pretty basic question, but it got me. LOL

Thanks

Pamela

Steve Cochran wrote:
Properties | Local File shows the size.

steve

Only with the default folders.

Alias

"Ron Sommer" wrote in message
...
My OE shows the number of messages, but not the size.
--
Ron Sommer

"Steve Cochran" wrote in message
...
If you right click on the folder in the folder list and go to
Properties, it will tell the location of the file and also its size.

The cautions are to keep the folders under 100 Mbytes, not 100
Kbytes. And you can just add more folders if they get too big, but
you should backup regardless.

steve

"Pamela G." wrote in message
...
I have most of the email I want to save divided within 8-9 folders I
created for that purpose. I know better than to save email in the
default inbox. However, some of them are getting pretty big. I have
read here about not letting folders get any bigger than about 100
kb, but I haven't been able to figure out how to check the sizes of
my folders. Right click and properties does not include the size,
only the number of emails. And my folders don't show in my explorer
window. So where do I look to check the size of the folders so I can
keep the info safe? I know, this is a pretty basic question, but it
got me. LOL

Thanks

Pamela

"ºAliasº" wrote in message
...
Steve Cochran wrote:
Properties | Local File shows the size.

steve

Only with the default folders.

Alias

Properties | Local File only works for Newsgroup folders.
--
Ron Sommer



"Ron Sommer" wrote in message
...
My OE shows the number of messages, but not the size.
--
Ron Sommer

"Steve Cochran" wrote in message
...
If you right click on the folder in the folder list and go to
Properties, it will tell the location of the file and also its size.

The cautions are to keep the folders under 100 Mbytes, not 100 Kbytes.
And you can just add more folders if they get too big, but you should
backup regardless.

steve

"Pamela G." wrote in message
...
I have most of the email I want to save divided within 8-9 folders I
created for that purpose. I know better than to save email in the
default inbox. However, some of them are getting pretty big. I have
read here about not letting folders get any bigger than about 100 kb,
but I haven't been able to figure out how to check the sizes of my
folders. Right click and properties does not include the size, only
the number of emails. And my folders don't show in my explorer window.
So where do I look to check the size of the folders so I can keep the
info safe? I know, this is a pretty basic question, but it got me.
LOL

Thanks

Pamela