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where do encrypted emails go? Mine just disappear.

tap17
tap17

Occasionally T-bird wants to compact my emails, saying it will save 220 MB. That figure is almost impossible, especially because when I delete some, the 220 MB figure INCREASES. That's the first problem. Even worse is there is no indication of where the compact emails are. So far as I'm concerned they are gone. Unless something changes, I'm off T-bird. (A sign of their support is that when I submitted this problem to Mozilla I got NO response. Maybe you get what you pay for.)

Occasionally T-bird wants to compact my emails, saying it will save 220 MB. That figure is almost impossible, especially because when I delete some, the 220 MB figure INCREASES. That's the first problem. Even worse is there is no indication of where the compact emails are. So far as I'm concerned they are gone. Unless something changes, I'm off T-bird. (A sign of their support is that when I submitted this problem to Mozilla I got NO response. Maybe you get what you pay for.)

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christ1
christ1
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See http://kb.mozillazine.org/Compacting_folders

A sign of their support is that when I submitted this problem to Mozilla I got NO response.

This forum is the official Thunderbird support venue. From what I can see this is your first and only post to this forum.

jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer

tap17 said

Occasionally T-bird wants to compact my emails, saying it will save 220 MB. That figure is almost impossible, especially because when I delete some, the 220 MB figure INCREASES.

Actually, that is very logical in this case: compacting flushes messages that have been "deleted" but are still taking up space. Have the deletion and the space recovery be separate operations saves you time on a day-to-day basis, so this actually is common for applications with a lot of read-write activity.