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01-05-2006, 05:01 PM
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Re: Outlook Express
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? > > 
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01-05-2006, 05:01 PM
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Re: Outlook Express
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?
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01-05-2006, 05:14 PM
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Re: Outlook Express
-- Nathan "PA Bear" wrote: > 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? > >
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