Delete Deleted Items.dbx. If you archive messages in this *Garbage Pail*,
don't. Move them, close OE and delete Deleted Items.dbx.

Follow up with a compact and heed the warnings about file size and not
archiving messages in default OE folders.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"tmanjodg" wrote in message
...
Thank you for your help, I think that may have solved the problem. You
seem
to be very knowledgeable about oe, so if I may, I have one more question;
i
get a number of e-mail from friends etc ( all people that I know) that for
some reason I can not delete. Do you know how I can fix this issue? It
seems
to be selective, for example, this problem does not occur with all of the
e-mail I get from Joe Smith, it is only certain e-mail that I get from
him.

Thanks,

tmanjdog

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

Turn off e-mail scanning in your anti-virus program. It is a redundant
layer
of protection that eats up CPUs, slows down sending and receiving, and
causes a multitude of problems such as time-outs, account setting changes
and has even been responsible for lose of messages. Your up-to-date A/V
program will continue to protect you sufficiently. For more, see:
http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3

If still no joy:

Do the following for the Outbox, and if the problem persists, repeat for
Sent Items after you move any messages you wish to save to a local folder
you create.

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 {Outbox.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}.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"tmanjodg" wrote in message
...
I am having a problem with my oe. I will address and send an e-mail and
some
time that e-mail will be sent 30 or more times to that person to whom I
was
sending the e-mail. It is not predictable, there is nothing that I can
find
that determines when ie will send the e-mail multible times as opposed
to
just once.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,