thing only shows up when I'm turning things off? Go figger.
Compacting them doesn't hurt a thing, that I know of. You can also [if you have a puter twidgie like I do?] get that whole file put into a separate archive. I've saved stuff, and really don't have a clue nor need as to how to retrieve it, but I've the space and it's nice to know that it's there and also backed up. And, that's pretty much the extent of my knowledge about these things! Oh, one more thing about 'compacting'? Depending on how many e-mails you have in there? If a lot it'll take anywhere from 2-10 minutes. Go and start it and get a cup of coffee or something else until done. It's no big thing.
I Guess I''ll just take this mail 'opening' thing as a one-off event [hope!] and if it happens again? Well, I do not know what kinds of tranquilizers I will have to take to deal w/'customer reps' on this issue. WHEW! Just thinking about it all sort of gives me a headache!