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This was under unanswered questions. And so it has been for more than two years. I don't see any questions. This is rather like an answer to one.
It is a pity no one wants to "try this". Just a tiny note all alone in the darkest dungeons of DB.
The point I'm trying to make is: "How about some pruning"
I'm sure that admins do have much better things to do, but there is easy to use pruning option in phpBB maintenance panel that allows to delete messages that have not been answered in xx days. (600 days for examble)
However there are some problems in using that. It can not distinguish between important note and unuseful message. Also I'm not sure how it handles old threads. If some long thread hasn't got any new messages in given time, is it also deleted?:?
I'm lucky not to have such problems for I'm not an admin to anything. (Except for my life, and that only to some extent)