Managing your old DBabble Messages

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Managing your old DBabble Messages

Overview
Your Message Quota
Reading Old Messages in Windows
Reading Old Messages in a Web Browser
Deleting Old Messages in Windows
Deleting Old Messages in a Web Browser
Automatically deleting old messages

Overview
All messages you send and receive in DBabble are stored on the DBabble server when they are received or sent, and a copy of them remains there unless you choose to delete the message. This feature enables you to login to DBabble from any location, and still have access to your old messages. The downside of this is that a lot of messages can quickly take up a lot of disk space on the server. By default copies of sent messages are deleted after 24 hours.
Your Message Quota
Unless the system administrator has changed your allocated disk quota, then you we be allowed to use maximum of 976 KB for storing all you incoming messages. If another user tries to send you a message that would exceed this quota, they will be told that your quota would be exceeded. Additionally, if there is enough space left in your quota, you will receive a small notification messages that they tried to send you a message, and how large it was. In such cases, you should consider deleting some of your old messages.
Reading Old Messages in Windows
To read an old message that you have not deleted, select the Messages tab in the main window. Click on any message to see the content displayed in the panel below. You can also choose to view just your unread messages, just sent messages, or both sent and received messages at once by selecting the appropriate option in the first drop-down list box. Additionally, you can display only correspondence with one particular user by selecting them from the second drop-down list box.
Deleting Old Messages in Windows
To permanently remove a message, from within the Message tab in the main window, right click on desired message and choose Delete. Alternatively, you can delete multiple messages by clicking on the first one,and by holding down control while you click on additional messages. Then right click and choose Delete. You will be asked for confirmation if you have selected more than one message before they will be deleted.
Reading Old Messages in a Web Browser
To read an old message that you have not deleted, click on the Read Messages link at the top of the main window. You old messages will be listed here, and you can click on any message to see the full content of it. You can also choose to view just your unread messages, just sent messages, or both sent and received messages at once.
Deleting Old Messages in a Web Browser
To permanently remove a message, when reading your old messages, just tick each checkbox next to a message you want deleted, and click Delete Selected Messages at the bottom of the page.
Automatically Deleting Old Messages
By default, copies of your sent messages are deleted automatically after 24 hours. You disable or can change this from the Preferences Page. You can also set up DBabble to automatically delete received messages after a certain time.