messages wont download

Hi,
everty time i put outlook express on to read,messages wont download except
the last message i deleted-keeps coming up no matter how many times ive
deleted and emptied deleted items folder-i come off o.e. go back on this
message appears but the other messages wont come throu-is this message
somehow stopping others?-what can i do to put things right?-ive tried
removeing oe and adding again from tools-etc etc-but that has not cured -can
anyone help?.

"rogerdodge" <rogerdodge@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:24EAC5BC-0A57-4C52-9A50-63E99D1B58B7@microsoft.com
> Hi,
> everty time i put outlook express on to read,messages wont download
> except the last message i deleted-keeps coming up no matter how many
> times ive deleted and emptied deleted items folder-i come off o.e. go
> back on this message appears but the other messages wont come
> throu-is this message somehow stopping others?-what can i do to put
> things right?-ive tried removeing oe and adding again from tools-etc
> etc-but that has not cured -can anyone help?.

Don't store messages in the Inbox. It is the folder most apt to be
corrupted. As soon as you read them move them to user created folders.
Then compact the Inbox regularly.

Go to Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store Folder and write down where OE
is storing its data.
Close OE.
Go there with Windows Explorer and move (not copy) Inbox.dbx to an empty
Windows
folder. With Win2K, WinXP and Win2K3 it will be a hidden file.

You can use either of these tools to extract the messages from the old DBX
file:

DBXtract ($5): http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/ although this tool is faster
and better:
DBXpress: ($25) http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/Default.aspx
Do NOT extract to the desktop!
With a large file this can take a long time, so let it keep running.

The messages can be dragged from a Windows folder back into an OE folder in
OE's Folder List.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE
Please respond in Newsgroup. Do not send email
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Protect your PC
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Hi RogerDodge,

There is some difficulty reading your message, but ...

If you're not seeing any new mail except the one that is downloaded again
there could be a message that Outlook Express cannot download. This prevents
the download process from completing. Messages that have been delivered to
OE are not deleted from the server. If you have access to your e-mail from a
Web page such a message can be cleared there. It is likely to be the first
message in the queue. Here are tips from two other MVP's...

There may be a "stuck" message in your ISP's Inbox for your mail. You can
either use a Web interface (if your ISP provides one) to read and delete
your mail in your ISP's Inbox, or you can telnet to the mail server from
your computer and read and then delete message which appears to be
stuck.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Try using Telnet to remotely empty your mailbox.

Go to start/run and type the following:
telnet {pop3 server name} 110 - hit enter, don't type the brackets.
user {your username} - hit enter
pass {your password} - hit enter

There are various commands available:

list (will return all messages)
retr (whatever number will retrieve that message)
dele (+ number will delete that number message)
--
Jim Pickering, MVP-Outlook Express

More Information
cf. http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_san...pop3telnet.htm
--
~PA Bear MVP, etc.


--
Tim K.
aka Kuay Tim
MS-MVP - Outlook Express
Lynnwood, WA
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"rogerdodge" <rogerdodge@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:24EAC5BC-0A57-4C52-9A50-63E99D1B58B7@microsoft.com...
Hi,
everty time i put outlook express on to read,messages wont download except
the last message i deleted-keeps coming up no matter how many times ive
deleted and emptied deleted items folder-i come off o.e. go back on this
message appears but the other messages wont come throu-is this message
somehow stopping others?-what can i do to put things right?-ive tried
removeing oe and adding again from tools-etc etc-but that has not cured -can
anyone help?.

"rogerdodge" <rogerdodge@discussions.microsoft.com> ha scritto nel messaggio
news:24EAC5BC-0A57-4C52-9A50-63E99D1B58B7@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
> everty time i put outlook express on to read,messages wont download except
> the last message i deleted-keeps coming up no matter how many times ive
> deleted and emptied deleted items folder-i come off o.e. go back on this
> message appears but the other messages wont come throu-is this message
> somehow stopping others?-what can i do to put things right?-ive tried
> removeing oe and adding again from tools-etc etc-but that has not
> cured -can
> anyone help?.