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On Apr 13, 11:53 am, "Bruce Hagen" wrote:
DBX files contain e-mail and are not meant to be opened directly and can
only be read using an open instance of Outlook Express.

You can Insert a .txt file into a new message ant then save it to a
folder
in OE. Can I ask what your ultimate goal is?
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Does anybody know of a way to convert text or similar file types
into .DBX files? Running windows 2k and oe6. Help is greatly
appreciated.

Thanks for responding again Bruce,

I was able to extract my lost emails using DBExperss (thanks
to your suggestions), but now the lost mails are a large colletion of
text files, so I'm looking for a way to re-incorporate them back into
my inbox. Alos, I've heard that the inbox has a 2GB size limit... Do
you know if this is true?

DBXpress will have recovered EML files, not TXT files. You can drag one or
more EML files into any open OE folder.

Information about the maximum file size of the .dbx files that are used by
Outlook Express:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=903095

Despite what the above says, most users will encounter "issues" when the
size of their entire message store exceeds 1GB.

General OE Caveats:

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

- Empty Deleted Items folder daily.

- 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

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

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

Accessing the MS newsgroups in Outlook Express Newsreader
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...roupsetup.mspx

Setting up Outlook Express to access Microsoft newsgroups
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/ou...snewreader.htm
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
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