OE Tools Accounts Mail [account] Properties Advanced Break apart
messages larger than... (uncheck).

If still no joy, Your current Identity may be damaged, especially if its the
default Main Identity. 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).

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.

- 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.
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
AumHa VSOP & Admin; DTS-L.org


Curly wrote:
I have started up my new computer, transferred all of my data from the old
one and just discovered that I cannot send mail with attachments. I am
using XP Pro as opposed to XP Home before, but still OE6. Have tried
various suggestions in the posts with no luck; Norton is set to NOT scan
outgoing email, tried deleting and replacing Outbox .dbx file, created a
new identity on OE with the same results. Will send text emails as long as
there isn't an attachment with it. Any suggestions would be appreciated.