This problem can also be caused by a corrupt Sent Items.
Create a new folder and move your messages out of Sent Items.
Close OE and delete Sent items.dbx .
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Ronald Sommer

"MargM" wrote in message
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: "MargM" wrote in message
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: "Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
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: Do the following for the Outbox, and if the problem
: persists, repeat for Sent Items after you move any
: messages you wish to save to a local folder you create.
:
: 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.
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: Hi Bruce
: Thanks for these details instructions ............ I
: followed these........... The out box went to the
: recycle bin and when I opened OE there was hopefully
: another out box
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: Bruce
: This email is still in my out mail box but this time it
: didnt generate an error message ???
:
: Computers can be pesky machines at times !
:
: Bye
: MargM
:
: Sent a test message to myself and the same thing
: happened . It stayed in the out box but arrived OK in
: Margs mail box ? and I got the same error message down
: the bottom on the screen of a little yellow triangle
: Tried leaving this test message in the out mail box and
: going thru this procedure again but IT didnt like that
: ..said was being used by another . So moved my test
: message out and tried again ............. So now have 2
: out mail boxes in the recycled bin and the problem
: persists . This computer is nearly 4 years old and
: never had this happen before or with prevous computers
: ??
:
: Is there something else I can try ?
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: Bye
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: MargM
: Beautiful Central Coast of NSW
: Australia
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