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Compressing Drawers
When you delete messages and folders, empty space is left
in the drawer from which the messages or folders were
deleted. To make this empty space available for reuse, select
the drawer to be compressed and choose Compress Drawer
from the main window's Maintenance menu.
You cannot compress an open drawer.
When a drawer is compressed, the original (uncompressed)
drawer is saved in a file. A message is displayed showing the
name of the file. After ensuring that the compression has
been successful, you should delete the uncompressed drawer.
If multiple drawers are selected, all selected drawers will be
compressed. Individual messages appear prompting you to
delete each uncompressed drawer.
Ask your system manager how often to perform this task.
Additional topics:
* Deleting a Message