"PA Bear" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:uc8RJEM5FHA.3876@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Compressing files and /compacting/ OE data are not the same.
>
> With WinXP SP2 installed, OE will automatically compact all folders every
> 100 times you close OE.
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Yes, it asks, then starts, I wait - it locks up! Or it will say something
about a file being used - then stop compacting. I end up doing them all
manually. It was such a mess I deleted the whole enchilada last night and
redownloaded all the NS's NGs again. I use several free newsservers. It's
a fresh start. :-) It took awhile but now it'll compact them all without
locking up. I'll have to remember to do them more often.........

FS~