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My sent box shows full despite purging most messages.

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I receive the following error message when I select reply to messages, (that should be filed in my "sent" folder): The folder Sent is full, and can't hold any more messages. To make room for more messages, delete any old or unwanted mail and compact the folder.

I receive the following error message when I select reply to messages, (that should be filed in my "sent" folder): The folder Sent is full, and can't hold any more messages. To make room for more messages, delete any old or unwanted mail and compact the folder.

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have you compacted from the file menu? Also the message is about your sent folder. Have you purged anything from there?

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have you compacted from the file menu? Also the message is about your sent folder. Have you purged anything from there?

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Thanks, Matt. That did the trick.