Bruce Hagen wrote:
Have you checked Deleted Items? When in the folder that the messages
should be in, click View | Current View and make sure Show all messages
is checked.
Is this a POP3 account? Do you have Leave a copy of messages on the
server checked? Tools | Accounts | Mail | Properties | Advanced.
If it is checked delete the Pop3uidl.dbx file with OE closed. Open OE
and click Send / Receive and the messages will be downloaded again.
Tools | Accounts | Mail | Properties | Advanced. Uncheck: Leave a copy
of messages on the server. Then delete the Pop3uidl.dbx file. You will
get the messages one more time, but that should be it.
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
{Pop3uidl.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}.
Thanks Bruce, very helpful
sidcliffe.