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From: [e-mail] (Kip Pesuti)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: Thor 2.22 message database problem
Date: 9 Jan 1996 02:05:02 -0700
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>Here's a good one:  I read all the messages in the database stored on
>my hard drive.  With 0 messages unread in all conferences, I clicked
>on "Pack/Purge" in the command dock.  Thor cycled through all my
>conferences like it was doing something, but my problem is it *did
>not* give me back my disk space (i.e. the files in the "Data/BBS0"
>directory did not decrease in size).  Any ideas as to why???  And
>can I still convince Thor to reduce those file sizes (actually
>delete the messages from the hard drive) when no messages show up in
>any conference?  Thanks in advance.

Check your database options. You might be set up to save your messages.
Set "Msgs To Keep" and "Days To Keep" to zero (0) or  click on Ignore.
You can set it globally or for each conference. Then Thor will perge
and not pack.

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 God bless you!
(and your Amiga)
-Kip