Barry
Sat Aug 02 05:14:42 CDT 2003
On 1/8/03 22:47, in article BB502E12.A025%kevs@adelphia.net, "kevs"
<kevs@adelphia.net> wrote:
> On 7/31/03 11:13 PM, in article BB4FC38B.18C83%barry@barryw.net, "Barry
> Wainwright" <barry@barryw.net> wrote:
>
>> On 1/8/03 3:24, in article BB4F1D54.9C9A%kevs@adelphia.net, "kevs"
>> <kevs@adelphia.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Program says compacting and optimizing mail. Then it has a number of 17,750.
>>> What is this huge number referring to? I hope it's not mail as I have no
>>> where near this amount. Thanks!!
>>> Kevin
>>>
>>
>> It is database items, and includes calendar events, notes, todos, contacts
>> and cached newsgroup messages.
> Barry:
> I don't use most of that stuff, calendar, notes... Mostly very basic e
> mails. Does the 17,000 seem a bit high? Thanks!
>
Not really, when I rebuild the number is something like 450,000!
Do you have contacts entered? Do you allow entourage to link contacts to the
mail sent to/received from them? Each of these links would constitute a
database entry to be rebuilt in a typical rebuild.
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