👩‍💻 Jess "GirlGerms" Dodson  

RT @Amys_Kapers
Been trying to work out why my hard drive is filling up but couldn't work out what was using all the storage. Turns out my email client keeps every log file since the beginning of time 😱

TIL it's possible to get half a terabyte of txt files

May 5, 2023 at 3:55amWeb
Show threadDarrenMay 5, 2023
@girlgerms but I bet if you were to zip that folder the compression ratio would be AMAZING.
Show threadPär BjörklundMay 5, 2023
@girlgerms I love that it's in roaming as well 😂
Show threadrailmeatMay 5, 2023
@girlgerms
That’s cool. What secrets lurk in those log files? You should feed it to some LLM and ask it questions about yourself.
Show threadLuigi Rosa May 5, 2023

@girlgerms
Menu -> Settings -> Advanced -> Logging

From there you can choose what to log and delete the logs.

Show thread👩‍💻 Jess "GirlGerms" Dodson  May 5, 2023
@lrosa
Show threadAlesandro Ortiz 🇵🇷🏳️‍🌈May 5, 2023
@girlgerms A few years ago I found 20 GB of logs from an antivirus on a laptop I had for 5 years. After deleting, I had so much space for Steam games and code and stuff. Almost felt like a laptop upgrade.
Show threadraweMay 5, 2023

@girlgerms https://windirstat.net/ Windirstat is a great tool to find that kind of stuff.

I found out that MS Teams (work laptop) keeps a copy of all old versions and being an electron APP this was like >50GB.

WinDirStat

Windows Directory Statistics

Show threadJasper KlewerMay 5, 2023
@girlgerms What did the first log entry say?
“Let there be light”?
Show threadDDRMay 5, 2023
@girlgerms I like WinDirStat for seeing what's using my disk space. Earlier this week it found nearly half a terabyte of a search cache file for me. 🙂
Show threadn3wjackMay 5, 2023
@girlgerms a friend if mine his HD was almost full and didn't know why. I ran some cleanup tools on it and it turned out that he had gigs worth if crashdump files on his system. After deleting those he had 90% free space again. 😱
He actually bought an external HD which he clearly didn't need...
Show threadStefan PrandlMay 5, 2023
@girlgerms Yeesh… well… on the plus side, if anything ever goes wrong with that app you’ll know it recorded the crash? 😬
Show threadDan GrenfellMay 5, 2023
@girlgerms thanks for the heads up - I've been using the same client for years so rushed to check. (Fortunately in my case it was <50mb. But now I watch it with suspicion 😉 )
Show threadJernej Simončič �May 5, 2023
@girlgerms Is it doing a full SMTP and IMAP log‽
Show threadBen SluskyMay 5, 2023
@jernej__s @girlgerms
[INFO] write to TCP stream 'H'
[INFO] success
[INFO] write to TCP stream 'E'
[INFO] success
[INFO] write to TCP stream 'L'
[INFO] success
[INFO] write to TCP stream 'O'
[INFO] success
Show threadsadarexMay 5, 2023
@girlgerms I can recommend https://windirstat.net/ to find folders like that.
WinDirStat

Windows Directory Statistics

Show threadkeen456 keen456May 5, 2023
@girlgerms Remember this happening with Adobe Acrobat once- "only" 150 GB of logs that time.