Check out MailFOO, the mail optimizing script that lets you know what it's done! Add it to Apple's iCal and get iCal to automatically run it.
Click here for instructions on how to set up MailFOO to work in iCal, OS X 10.5, Leopard.
Click here for instructions on how to set up MailFOO to work in iCal, OS X 10.4, Tiger.
MailFOO checks the size of your original Apple Mail.app store file, runs the unix Vacuum command on it, checks the size again and then reports back to you on the improvement.
Feel free to open the script, copy bits, try writing your own.
What do you see when MailFOO runs?
First you click on the script
Then you select "Go For It!"
Then MailFOO tells you how much it reduced your email store size by
Click here to go to the download page.
Click here for instructions on how to set up MailFOO to work in iCal, OS X 10.5, Leopard.
Click here for instructions on how to set up MailFOO to work in iCal, OS X 10.4, Tiger.
