email storage

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Bill Walsh

I rarely want to save an email. When I do, I drag it into the "drafts"
folder. Meanwhile, Vista is saving every email I have received since I
bought this computer and went online. Why? I don't want them. I delete them
after reading every day, even using the "shift-delete" permanent(?) method.
Yet all the emails are stored in some "indexed location", taking up space.
Does anyone know how to stop this constant storage by Vista? I have tried to
delete the old emails but they never go away. Help, please...Bill Walsh
 
I don't want to compact the emails; I want to delete them from my computer..

Bruce Hagen said:
Tools | Options | Advanced | Maintenance. Is the box to Compact the data
base checked? Used space is not reclaimed until you compact. See this for
a freeware tool to also do the job.

WMUtil
http://www.oehelp.com/WMUtil/Default.aspx
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA



Bill Walsh said:
I rarely want to save an email. When I do, I drag it into the "drafts"
folder. Meanwhile, Vista is saving every email I have received since I
bought this computer and went online. Why? I don't want them. I delete
them after reading every day, even using the "shift-delete" permanent(?)
method. Yet all the emails are stored in some "indexed location", taking
up space. Does anyone know how to stop this constant storage by Vista? I
have tried to delete the old emails but they never go away. Help,
please...Bill Walsh
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You delete them first and then compact to get rid of wasted spaced. They
will NOT be on your computer after you delete and compact.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA




Bill Walsh said:
I don't want to compact the emails; I want to delete them from my
computer..

Bruce Hagen said:
Tools | Options | Advanced | Maintenance. Is the box to Compact the
data base checked? Used space is not reclaimed until you compact. See
this for a freeware tool to also do the job.

WMUtil
http://www.oehelp.com/WMUtil/Default.aspx
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA



Bill Walsh said:
I rarely want to save an email. When I do, I drag it into the "drafts"
folder. Meanwhile, Vista is saving every email I have received since I
bought this computer and went online. Why? I don't want them. I delete
them after reading every day, even using the "shift-delete"
permanent(?) method. Yet all the emails are stored in some "indexed
location", taking up space. Does anyone know how to stop this constant
storage by Vista? I have tried to delete the old emails but they never
go away. Help, please...Bill Walsh
Click to expand...
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Thanks, I'll try that advice and the program..BW

Bruce Hagen said:
You delete them first and then compact to get rid of wasted spaced. They
will NOT be on your computer after you delete and compact.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA




Bill Walsh said:
I don't want to compact the emails; I want to delete them from my
computer..

Bruce Hagen said:
Tools | Options | Advanced | Maintenance. Is the box to Compact the data
base checked? Used space is not reclaimed until you compact. See this
for a freeware tool to also do the job.

WMUtil
http://www.oehelp.com/WMUtil/Default.aspx
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA



I rarely want to save an email. When I do, I drag it into the "drafts"
folder. Meanwhile, Vista is saving every email I have received since I
bought this computer and went online. Why? I don't want them. I delete
them after reading every day, even using the "shift-delete" permanent(?)
method. Yet all the emails are stored in some "indexed location", taking
up space. Does anyone know how to stop this constant storage by Vista? I
have tried to delete the old emails but they never go away. Help,
please...Bill Walsh
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You're welcome.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA


Bill Walsh said:
Thanks, I'll try that advice and the program..BW

Bruce Hagen said:
You delete them first and then compact to get rid of wasted spaced.
They will NOT be on your computer after you delete and compact.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA




Bill Walsh said:
I don't want to compact the emails; I want to delete them from my
computer..

Tools | Options | Advanced | Maintenance. Is the box to Compact the
data base checked? Used space is not reclaimed until you compact. See
this for a freeware tool to also do the job.

WMUtil
http://www.oehelp.com/WMUtil/Default.aspx
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA



I rarely want to save an email. When I do, I drag it into the
"drafts" folder. Meanwhile, Vista is saving every email I have
received since I bought this computer and went online. Why? I don't
want them. I delete them after reading every day, even using the
"shift-delete" permanent(?) method. Yet all the emails are stored in
some "indexed location", taking up space. Does anyone know how to
stop this constant storage by Vista? I have tried to delete the old
emails but they never go away. Help, please...Bill Walsh
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They are deleted, if you delete them. Don't worry about them.
You must be searching for them, and seeing them there. You don't see them
in Windows Mail, do you?
They will show up in the search Index until it catches up & gets rebuilt.
The indexer normally runs when you aren't using the computer, or you can
force a rebuild under Control Panel - Indexing Options.


--
Dave N.
MS-MVP (Mail)
Windows 7 Ultimate
http://download.live.com/wlmail

Bill Walsh said:
I don't want to compact the emails; I want to delete them from my
computer..

Bruce Hagen said:
Tools | Options | Advanced | Maintenance. Is the box to Compact the data
base checked? Used space is not reclaimed until you compact. See this for
a freeware tool to also do the job.

WMUtil
http://www.oehelp.com/WMUtil/Default.aspx
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA



Bill Walsh said:
I rarely want to save an email. When I do, I drag it into the "drafts"
folder. Meanwhile, Vista is saving every email I have received since I
bought this computer and went online. Why? I don't want them. I delete
them after reading every day, even using the "shift-delete" permanent(?)
method. Yet all the emails are stored in some "indexed location", taking
up space. Does anyone know how to stop this constant storage by Vista? I
have tried to delete the old emails but they never go away. Help,
please...Bill Walsh
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When you delete an email from the deleted items folder or Shift-delete it
from another folder that message is gone. Are you saying the Shift-Deleted
messages don't get deleted? It may be that the database is messed up and
needs repair, but the actual eml files should have been removed. You can
check the message store and see if they are in fact gone or not. See
www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx and the section on WinMail.

Except you seem to be posting with Windows Live Mail, so you are in the
wrong newsgroup if you are asking about that. This NG is for Windows Mail
in Vista.

steve
 
Bill Walsh said:
I rarely want to save an email. When I do, I drag it into the "drafts"
folder. Meanwhile, Vista is saving every email I have received since I
bought this computer and went online. Why? I don't want them. I delete them
after reading every day, even using the "shift-delete" permanent(?) method.
Yet all the emails are stored in some "indexed location", taking up space.
Does anyone know how to stop this constant storage by Vista? I have tried
to delete the old emails but they never go away. Help, please...Bill Walsh
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