"PA Bear" wrote in message
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Your current Identity may be damaged, especially if its
the default Main Identity.

I only have one ........ ? I got this new machine
just 24 hrs ago

Try one or more of your accounts in a new Named Identity
(File
Identities Add new identity). Assuming all is well,
(1) compact all folders in the old identity, (2) import
messages from the old identity into the new one, and
then (3) delete the old one (File Identities Manage
Identities).


The computer techs transfered my old mail folders from old
computer to new machine . Wasnt much in any folder except
sent mail and marg's mail

To avoid such corruption in futu

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

Never much mail in the 'In mai'l box. Can be in Sent mail
??


Be a sensible option if OE have the facility to have a
few mail boxes for sent mail ?



- Empty Deleted Items folder daily.

I do most of the time ( except when I forget ! )

- Disable Background Compacting [not available in SP2]
and frequently perform a manual compact of all OE
folders while "working offline".


The automatic one came up around mid day

More at
http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm

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

Wouldnt ever do that !

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


This machine has Trend micro PC-Cillen ....... Never
used that before
Do you think that could be the problem ?? I am finding
it abit irritating
Its not a freebie



Used to run AVG Pro on old machine and spydoctor . Still
have spy doctor

Thanks

bye

MargM
Australia