That should be *.dbx .
Have you emptied your Recycle Bin?
OE stores backup files in the Recycle Bin each time you compact OE folders.
--
Ronald Sommer

"Irene" wrote in message
...
:I have nothing to fear! I just want to free some memory or would I be just
: gaining some space on my hard drive by deleting all the files?
:
: I heard on the radio that you can go onto the database and delete the
files
: by searching *.*. dsb but the search doesn't find anything.
:
: My browser is always telling me that I am low on memory, I have deleted
all
: my files and the message still keeps on coming up. Do you know anything
else
: that I can do to free some memory?
: --
: Irene
:
:
: "Bruce Hagen" wrote:
:
: Compacting your folders is the best you can do. Can they still be
recovered?
: Possibly using a tool that checks the HDD for fragmented messages.
:
: The CIA, FBI or Homeland Security could certainly recover enough to find
: what they needed to know.
:
: The only way to be sure is to remove the hard drive and run a D8 Cat
over it
: a few times.
: --
: Bruce Hagen
: MS-MVP Outlook Express
: ~IB-CA~
:
: "Irene" wrote in message
: ...
: I understand that even though I have deleted my email messages from the
: folders they still exist on the database. How do I permanently delete
all
: email from the database?
: --
: Irene
:
: