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Can't compact some folders

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george116
george116

I deleted over 300,000 emails from my trash. It now tells me I have a couple thousand files left. however, before the massive delete, it said I was using 15 GB of storage. now, with only 2000 files left, it still says I have 15 GB used. I've tried compacting, but I get an error, saying I do not have enough memory to compact. How to I release all that memory that contains just ghost files?

I deleted over 300,000 emails from my trash. It now tells me I have a couple thousand files left. however, before the massive delete, it said I was using 15 GB of storage. now, with only 2000 files left, it still says I have 15 GB used. I've tried compacting, but I get an error, saying I do not have enough memory to compact. How to I release all that memory that contains just ghost files?

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Matt
Matt
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You could use the menu to empty the trash, that actually deletes stuff. Pressing delete marks it as deleted and hides it until a compact is successful on the folder the mail was deleted from. As you lack the necessary space you might need to go the empty route.

Wayne Mery
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