What happens to sent MESSAGES FOLDER when FULL

[horizon]

I preserve inbox messages by sending them to saved messages and, when that is full, copying them and storing them off-site. There is a warning when the inbox is full.

So two questions:

1. What happens when the Sent messages folder is full?
2. If I create a new folder, does that count towards my total allowable space?

Thank you.

[gaz]

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[John1054]

1. I think (if I remember correctly) that any message above 100 displaces the oldest PM.

2. Each folder created can hold 100 messages, but there is a limit as to how many folders you can create (again if I remember correctly).

Exporting messages off the Forum is probably the best way of storing bulky folders.

[Vorpal]

I have extra folders. I don't know if staff get extra space, or what the limit is.

[thirdcrank]

Sorry to go a bit off topic but this has prompted me to have a clear out. I don't take steps to preserve old PM's I just don't bother to delete them till I get a warning that there's no space. I had some dated 2012 and some of the PM subjects had become meaningless. All now gone to the great electronic shredder in the sky.

[horizon]

Thanks all for the replies. I've created a new folder and have exported the sent messages to that. I still find it curious though that you get warned about losing messages in Inbox but not in Sent folder.

[Graham]

I have just made a discovery . . . . . . .

On the Private Messages page there is a horizontal TAB that I have never opened before :
Rules, folders & settings

I can select "If folder is full :" . . . . . "Delete oldest messages"
The default is "Do not accept new messages . . . ( until manual deletion makes some space . . .)

That is handy. No more mystery PM blockages ( probably ).

[thirdcrank]

Graham

Have you any similar wheezes for clearing garages and/or lofts at a stroke? That would be of infinitely more practical use to me

[Vorpal]

Graham

Have you any similar wheezes for clearing garages and/or lofts at a stroke? That would be of infinitely more practical use to me

I need one for my cellar, too.

Thanks.

[Cyclothesist]

There are a lot more than 100 pieces of junk treasured objects in my garage. I'm glad my garage doesn't delete the oldest object when I bring a new bike bit in. My wife however would be a fan.