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Date:	Thu, 21 Feb 2002 13:34:15 PST7
From:	"J. R. Fox" <jr_fox@pacbell.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: "Compaction Failed" message

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Steven spake thusly:

> >What does it mean when you keep geteing the error "Compaction Failed,"
> >during attempts to compress the mail folders ? Does it relate to the
>
> It probably means the message file is corrupted. You did try deleting and
> rebuilding the indexes, IIRC.

Correct. Don't think I missed any of 'em, but it's possible.

> >apparently hosed, but I think I rebuilt most of these. It is hard to be
> >sure which of the folders may be choking during the compression attempt.
> >I believe most of them do in fact get compressed.

The error seems to come up somewhere between compaction processing of the SENT and TRASH folders.

> Check the file dates and sizes before and after.

I did, and all the .SNMs (indexes) have been updated each time, but not necessarily all the respective
message files. In some cases, that is because that particular mail folder has not been altered or
accessed in some time. It would have to be some sort of corruption that does not otherwise inhibit the
normal operation of the relevant mail folders, and any of their contents that I've revisited so far, so I
wonder how I'd go about tracking it down ? (This does not appear to be sufficiently important as to
merit a major investigative effort, however.)

I gather you're implying that it's not the size of particular mail folders ? If I ever get the chance to
do a major cleanup & paring down of the accumulated mail, maybe I'll find out . . . . OTOH, is it
possible this is one of those bogus error messages -- i.e., the compaction procedure actually is working,
despite the message ?

Jordan

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