It would appear to me that the OP uses both OE and OL. I would suggest
separating the issues, and will reply to the OE issue after removing the OL
groups from the list. Perhaps you could do something similar and reply to
the OL issue after removing the OE group.

Then again, I have to wonder why the OP is using both apps... Perhaps we'd
best keep this joined until we figure that one out, s.

To Andrew Wan... Is it true that you are using both Outlook Express and MS
Outlook to receive emails? Why?

Also, if either or both apps are re-downloading messages after doing the
things you describe, then you must have them set up to remain on the server.
Why? And how do you have it set up to eventually clear the messages from the
server?

What kind of server are you accessing? A public ISP? Something like Hotmail?
Or is it an Exchange server on a private LAN or WAN?

--
Gary S. Terhune

"K. Orland" wrote in message
news
Since Outlook Express is part of Internet Explorer and not Microsoft
Office,
you'd be better off posting to the Outlook Express group. They're the
experts
on that e-mail client. I can't give you the exact URL to the newsgroup
because you didn't state your version of OE, but you can choose it from
he

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/...s/default.mspx

--
Kathleen Orland
Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
http://www.howto-outlook.com/



"Andrew Wan" wrote:

I have two partitions on one hard drive. I keep usual Windows XP
installation & any program installation in C:\ whilst keeping all
personal
user-created data files (eg. Word documents, MP3s, etc) in D:\.

I know by default Outlook Express stores it's mailbox files at:
C:\Documents and Settings\Andrew Wan\Local Settings\Application
Data\Identities\{1821CA13-06FB-4D5C-88C0-5907BD5FF9DD}\Microsoft\Outlook
Express
and Outlook stores it's mailbox file at:
C:\Documents and Settings\Andrew Wan\Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\Outlook\outlook.pst

I used Outlook Express, Tools menu, Options, Maintenance tab, Store
Folders
to Change the location of my Outlook Express mailbox files to D:\Outlook
Express\. I also did the same with Outlook by setting it up to use
D:\Outlook\outlook.pst

Everything is fine until I decide to format my C:\ and clean-install
Windows
XP again. I then setup Outlook Express to use D:\Outlook Express\ folder
and
it says it detected existing files and prompts me if I want to use them.
I
say yes. However this doesn't work and Outlook Express starts
downloading
all my mail again.

I setup Outlook to point to D:\Outlook\outlook.pst and it starts
download
all my mail again.


What is going on? Is this Outlook bugs?