Just a simple question about inodes

[aquariu3]

I have absolutely nothing in my cPanel, no site, nothing installed, yet that inode thing says
inodes 1,706 / 50,000
how is that possible, 1706 is a lot of files ??

 

[lylex10h]

Check the File Manger with "Show Hidden Files (dotfiles)" box checked. Please keep in mind that inodes are files, folders and symlinks.

 

[Livewire]

Apparently my reply from the 11th didn't post either (thank's PC); a good cause of inodes I found on my own account was emails - each email is one, and since I had cronjobs sending me emails when they ran every 15 minutes, it very quickly stacked up quite a few of inodes I didn't even know were there. If you've got any cronjobs going and have it set up to email you in cPanel, that could be causing it to go up a good amount.