YW, Bud, and thanks for posting back.
--
~PA Bear

Bud Rogner wrote:
> Thank you very much--you have helped a lot. Bud
>
> > 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?