compacting email

Are Deleted Emails Really Deleted?

Deleted an email and think it’s gone forever? I’ll explain what “delete” really means in webmail and desktop programs, why trash folders and database files can leave messages recoverable, how backups and even court orders can bring them back, and the inconvenient fact that the other person may still have a copy.

What Does It Mean When My Email Program Asks If It Should Compact My Email?

Compacting should be completely transparent. It makes files smaller and potentially makes access of email a little faster. There is one dramatic exception.