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Re: Can Mutt compact mbox files?



Will Yardley wrote:
On Fri, Aug 05, 2005 at 08:00:14PM -0500, Larry Alkoff wrote:


When deleting messages, messages in the mbox file are marked deleted.
How can these mbox files be compacted?
Or is that automatic?


Mutt syncs the mailbox when you leave the folder; or you can sync by
hand (<sync-mailbox> - $ by default, I think).


Thank you Will.

I found by experiment that deleting selected messages in a mbox file
actually compacts and re-writes the file in a dramatically fast manner!

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Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX
Using Thunderbird on Slackware Linux