Do you have mail in Deleted Items that you want to save? Why would you save
them in a garbage pail? Try this first, emphasis on the compacting:

Do not archive mail in default OE folders. They will eventually become
corrupted. 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: FileWork Offline (or double click Working Online in
the Status Bar). FileFolderCompact all folders. Don't touch anything until
the compacting is completed.

In ToolsOptionsMaintenance: Uncheck Compact messages in background and
leave it unchecked. {N/A if running XP/SP2}.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"charliej" wrote in message
...
all of a sudden i can't get into my deleted file. when i bring it up it
says,
folder not available...causes maybe not enough memory or disc space. i
have
windows 98 se a what can i do and why did this happen?