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
: