On Monday 01 April 2019 11:45:16 Gerhard Zintel wrote:

> On Monday 01 April 2019, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > Even though there are only 6 or 7 messages
> > in cur, that directory is 2641920 bytes long. ISTR that ext4 has a
> > truncate in place utility, but cannot now recall its name.
>
> Right click on folder ==> "Compact Folder" does help?
> Gerhard
>
I don't think so, Gerhard. I just tried it on another even bigger folder, 
and it made the directory file about 10k longer.  And it still works. 
But does take a while to enter that folder.

Cheers, Gene Heskett
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