Email Trash problem

[Jason Crain]

On Fri, May 22, 2009 12:13 pm, Jonathan Pitt wrote:
> I have a problem with attempting to empty my old emails and trash bin. I
> have a Dell Mini 9 with Ubunto 8.04 on it. When I go to empty the trash it
> gives me an error message that the drive (8 gig) is full. Obviously it
> needs room to dump the trash (old emails) and free up space. What can I
> do??

Which email program are you using?  Thunderbird includes a menu item to
"Compact Folders" that may help.