"PA Bear" wrote in message
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What newsgroup on what newsserver?

General OE Caveats:

- Don't use Inbox or Sent Items to archive messages. Move them to local
folders created for this purpose.

Already done.


- Empty Deleted Items folder daily.

Already done.


- Disable Background Compacting [not available in SP2] and frequently
perform a manual compact of all OE folders while "working offline". More
at http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm


Already done.


- WinXP SP2 only: Do not shut down your machine while Windows is
automatically compacting your message store.

Already done.


- Your anti-virus application's email scanning feature can also cause such
corruption. Disable it. It provides no additional protection.

Already done.

That's why this is so strange. All these things have been normal procedure
here for a couple of years.