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Old November 9th 06, 05:16 AM posted to microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
Ron Sommer
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Default Newbie Needs Help with OE

Do you have other messages in the Outbox that you want to save?
If yes, disconnect the phone line from the modem.
If no, follow Bruce's directions.
--
Ronald Sommer

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
: Do the following for the Outbox.
:
: Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store Folder will reveal the location of
: your Outlook Express files. Press the Tab key to highlight the folder
: location, then Ctrl+C. Close OE, then Start | Run | Ctrl+V will put the
: location in the box - Click OK and you'll see the OE files. Otherwise,
write
: the location down and navigate to it in Windows Explorer.
:
: In WinXP, Win2K & Win2K3, the OE user files (DBX and WAB) are by default
: marked as hidden. To view these files in Windows Explorer, you must enable
: Show Hidden Files and Folders under Start | Control Panel | Folder Options
: Icon | View, or in Windows Explorer | Tools | Folder Options | View.
:
: With OE closed, find the DBX file for the folder in question {Outbox.dbx}
: and delete it. A new one will be created automatically when you open OE.
:
: General precautions for Outlook Express:
:
: Do not archive mail in default OE folders. They will eventually become
: corrupt. Create your own user defined folders for storing mail and move
your
: mail to them. Empty Deleted Items folder regularly. Keep user created
: folders under 100MB, and Default folders as empty as is feasible.
:
: After you are done, follow up by compacting your folders manually while
: working *offline* and do it often.
:
: Click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree so no folders are
: open. Then: File | Work Offline (or double click Working Online in the
: Status Bar). File | Folder | Compact all folders. Don't touch anything
until
: the compacting is completed.
:
: Turn off e-mail scanning in your anti-virus program. It is a redundant
layer
: of protection that eats up CPUs and causes a multitude of problems such as
: time-outs and account setting changes. Your up-to-date A/V program will
: continue to protect you sufficiently. For more, see:
: http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3
:
: In Tools | Options | Maintenance: Uncheck Compact messages in background
and
: leave it unchecked. {N/A if running XP/SP2}.
: --
: Bruce Hagen
: MS-MVP Outlook Express
: ~IB-CA~
:
: "Laboadicea" wrote in message
: ...
: I thought that I had posted this question earlier today, but I cannot
find
: it, so please excuse me if I am being repetitive.
:
: Last night I attempted to send a photo to a friend and realized suddenly
: that I had accidentally attatched the entire folder in which the
phtograph
: was located. The folder is quite large, so I immediately cancelled the
: message. I forgot that the message would then be stored in my Outbox,
: and,
: more importantly, forgot that OE was set up to send messages from the
: Outbox
: immediately upon being opened. The size of this file crashes OE and
: freezes
: up my entire computer each time that I attempt to launch OE. I have
: thought
: about changing the OE settings so that it does not automatically send
: messages in the Outbox upon being launched, but paradoxically, I cannot
: find
: a way to do so without launching OE.
:
: I thank you for any help that you can give me. I have been 24 hours
: without
: my e-mail.
:
: L
:

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