[X4U] mail issue

[Ronald Steinke]

On 23 August, 2006, at 7:53:23, Da Pen wrote:

> Now she must go back and get
> rid of all the emails.  Anybody know how to prevent
> this from happening in the future?

Periodically turn your computer off and restart it. This will allow  
the directory file to be rebuilt and recognize the fact that  
information has been deleted.

When the computer crashed without having the opportunity to rebuild  
the desktop directory, it was never told that the emails had been  
deleted. When it restarted, it went to its last operating state which  
included ALL the deleted messages just as though they had never been  
deleted.

Once you have completely deleted the old emails, restart the  
computer. Then, go into the email program preferences and set the  
controls to "not save messages that have been read" and/or to "remove  
message from server after -x- days" . If you need to save a  
particular message, create a separate emailbox with the name "Saved  
Emails" and drag the messages you want to save into that box. This  
way, you can set your preferences to remove the email from your  
computer and the server as you download them and only save those  
emails that you really want saved.

Hope this helps your situation.