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They go away after a while. Wilms Oct 2016 #1
roflmaooooooo, people on the Tube are looking at me like I am a nutter Grey Lemercier Oct 2016 #20
It has nothing to do with the number of emails and everything to do with how they are accessed Renew Deal Oct 2016 #2
Ok! imanamerican63 Oct 2016 #4
Is that 650,000 number real? Renew Deal Oct 2016 #6
That is a high number and that is why I asked the experts! imanamerican63 Oct 2016 #7
Hard drives today can be in terabytes. They can hold thousands and thousands of emails with RKP5637 Oct 2016 #3
See my response in #4! imanamerican63 Oct 2016 #5
sure lapfog_1 Oct 2016 #8
it's possible but..... getagrip_already Oct 2016 #9
small math error lapfog_1 Oct 2016 #10
I corrected it..... getagrip_already Oct 2016 #11
i deal in PBs many many PBs - n/t lapfog_1 Oct 2016 #12
a PB is just a 4 figure TB... ;) getagrip_already Oct 2016 #13
The average email is a lot smaller than 50k Foggyhill Oct 2016 #14
possibly... getagrip_already Oct 2016 #17
2GB PST file limits are from a long time ago. Current versions of Outlook(2010 and later) can do 50 WhollyHeretic Oct 2016 #16
this laptop is many moons old apparently... getagrip_already Oct 2016 #18
649,995 are Weiners (junk) Motley13 Oct 2016 #21
Please don't write "Wierner's" and "junk" in the same sentence. B2G Oct 2016 #24
Depends on how big the hard drive is and whether or not a backup copy was created. Initech Oct 2016 #22
It's easy to lose up to 22 million emails, in fact. Orrex Oct 2016 #23
Another question? Tracer Oct 2016 #25
When you trash them, they are usually Foggyhill Oct 2016 #27
Yes. Especially intergovernmental type emails that don't have lots of jpeg and .mov Fahrenthold451 Oct 2016 #28
How long emails remain in your inbox depends on your settings. ColemanMaskell Oct 2016 #29
i use a cloud based product cause outlook in the past set limits dembotoz Oct 2016 #30
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