Thank you very much--you have helped a lot. Bud
--
Budro


"PA Bear" wrote:

> Tools>Options>Maintenance>Store folder will reveal the location of your
> current Identity's store. Write it down.
>
> In WindowsXP, the OE user files (DBX and WAB) are by default marked as
> hidden. To view these files in Explorer, you must enable Show Hidden Files
> and Folders under Start>Control Panel>Folder Options>View.
>
> Move any messages in Sent Items and Deleted Items folders that you want to
> keep to another OE folder you've created for this purpose, then compact all
> folders (http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm#compact).
>
> If no joy, close OE. Navigate to your store, find and delete Sent
> Items.dbx, Deleted Items.dbx and Outbox.dbx.
>
> If still no joy, Your current Identity may be damaged, especially if its the
> default Main Identity. Try one or more of your accounts in a new Named
> Identity (File>Identities>Add new identity). Assuming all is well, import
> messages from the old Identity before deleting it (File>Identities>Manage
> Identities).
>
> To avoid such corruption in future:
>
> - Don't use Inbox or Sent Items to archive messages. Move them to local
> folders created for this purpose.
>
> - Empty Deleted Items folder daily.
>
> - Disable Background Compacting [N/A in SP2] and frequently perform a manual
> compact of all OE folders while "working offline". More at
> http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/files/maintain.htm.
>
> - Do not attempt to close OE via Task Manager or shutdown your machine if
> Automatic Compacting is taking place (WinXP SP2 only).
>
> - Your anti-virus application's email scanning feature can also cause such
> corruption. Disable it. It provides no additional protection.
> --
> Post future OE questions to one of these newsgroups:
>
> OE6-specific newsgroup:
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...tlooke xpress
> OE General newsgroup:
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...xpress.general
>
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), AH-VSOP
>
>
> Bud Rogner wrote:
> > Fr the past few days, my sent messages have not been recorded in my "Sent
> > Items" folder. Can't figure out why. Thought maybe the folder was too
> > full so I deleted a bunch of messages, but that didn't help. Can anyone
> > help with this problem?
>
>