I empty mine once a month, but I've known people and seen on computers I've 
worked on, well over 20000 messages in there, eventually it gets to a point 
where you delete them all and it really slows down the computer and takes 
about 5 minutes or so to go but I'm not sure if there even is a limit.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 12:19 PM
Subject: Re: off topic


>    Hi, folks.
>
> All of this brings up another Outlook Express question:
>
> Anyone know how many messages you can keep in your "sent file" before it
> gets too full?
>
> Obviously, the answer to this question will depend on the size of the
> messages, but right now, I have about 6 thousand messages in there.
>
> I keep my sent file because it's a good record of what I have done, and 
> more
> than once, I've saved myself a lot of grief by being able to go back and
> find something that I had sent and really needed to access again.
>
> Some people think I'm nuts, but it really has helped me at times.
>
> 73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 9:35 AM
> Subject: Re: off topic
>
>
>> Should have asked me, that's the 3rd or 4th thing I'd have done. Not that
>> I've had that problem, but I have had problems similar in the past where
>> deleting a folder fixes the problem.
>