15 Mar
2002
15 Mar
'02
2:26 a.m.
Marvin Johnston wrote:
I've been using Netscape mail for years with no
problems! The only
downside is that for some unknown reason, the database format they use
doesn't reclaim the space when messages are moved out of a folder. After
a while, I have a 50 Mb Inbox with nothing in it. The solution is to
delete it and the index file, preferably when empty :), and the system
will put it back. Same thing with other folders except you need to
recreate the deleted file manually.
Jerome Fine replies:
I am currently using Netscape V4.03 and very shortly will be shifting
to V4.78 - although I have heard that V4.75 is recommended.
In all of these versions, you can set the empty space factor to
compress the file automatically via the:
"EDIT/Preferences/Advanced/Disk Space"
option settings. In addition, in the later versions, the pull down menu
from "FILE" also allows you to compact all
files.
However, I do intend to use your solution - which I did find myself
as well - to transfer all of my Netscape files to a "newer" system.
I will start with the default set of files that are empty. Then delete
them ALL and copy the files from the "older" system into the
"MAIL" directory.
I have found that the same is not allowed for newsgroups - in this
case, I will need to "subscribe" again on the "newer" system.
I don't care for HTML in messages, and set it to
use plain text. I don't
know the default character set but mine is set to Western (ISO-8859-1).
Likewise. However, one very convenient feature of Netscape is that
all "plain text" URLs are automatically converted to a "Link" by
Netscape - so all of those URLs that appear in messages can be
found just by clicking the mouse on that URL - it does not need
to be typed into the system at that point. I also have an e-mail
to myself that I keep in the Drafts file which contains a list of
URLs that I am interested in. I find it much more convenient than
using "Bookmarks" and much more flexible for my use.
Sincerely yours,
Jerome Fine