Outlook Express 6 compacting issue

[Yappy Box]

I am using Outlook Express 6 and I can't get rid of the message: "To free up
disk space Outlook Express can compact messages. This may take up to a few
minutes."
I do not want to compact and have clicked "Don't show this message again"
but the message still pops up EVERY TIME I CLOSE OUTLOOK EXPRESS.
Has anyone come up with this problem and found a solution to fix it. It is
very annoying.
Thanks. Yappy Box

 

[Tom [Pepper] Willett]

Outlook Express is not a MS Office application.

I strongly recommend you actually do the compacting to avoid serious
potential problems.

Visit the Outlook Express newsgroups, post your question there, and find out
why.

Tom

 

[Bob I]

You MUST compact to remove dead/empty space from deleted e-mail. You
will eventually be unable to load it if you insist on avoiding normal
maintenance. The solution is to allow the maintenance procedure of
compact to proceed.