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ATK31
I came across a very peculiar phenomenon in OUTLOOK 2007.
I edit received messages by deleting the “history†(the previous
correspondence included by the sender) and leave only the new text written by
the sender. I then save the messages “AS PLAIN TEXTâ€. The motivation is to
keep the PST file small.
When I reopen one of those edited received messages, I notice that the
ENCODING is “Western European (Windows)â€. When I change the ENCODING to “US
ASCIIâ€, ALL THE DELETED TEXT REAPPEARS!
The described strange phenomenon implies that OUTLOOK didn’t actually delete
the text removed when the received messages were edited, the deleted text was
just “hiddenâ€. Hence, the PST file stores plenty of obsolete data. (The
deleted “history†in a message is usually much larger than the useful text
that I want to retain.)
Is there a way to REALLY DELETE the redundant text and keep only the data
that I need in plain text and thus to keep the PST file small?
Thank you for your help.
ATK
I edit received messages by deleting the “history†(the previous
correspondence included by the sender) and leave only the new text written by
the sender. I then save the messages “AS PLAIN TEXTâ€. The motivation is to
keep the PST file small.
When I reopen one of those edited received messages, I notice that the
ENCODING is “Western European (Windows)â€. When I change the ENCODING to “US
ASCIIâ€, ALL THE DELETED TEXT REAPPEARS!
The described strange phenomenon implies that OUTLOOK didn’t actually delete
the text removed when the received messages were edited, the deleted text was
just “hiddenâ€. Hence, the PST file stores plenty of obsolete data. (The
deleted “history†in a message is usually much larger than the useful text
that I want to retain.)
Is there a way to REALLY DELETE the redundant text and keep only the data
that I need in plain text and thus to keep the PST file small?
Thank you for your help.
ATK