Why it happens:
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/probl...s.htm#mailgone
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/...orruption.mspx
Recovering data:
http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#4
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DBXtract
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/Default.aspx
DBXtend (additional functionality)
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtend/Default.aspx
DBXpress (faster, more powerful, with even greater functionality)
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/Default.aspx
OEX (OE Enhancement Program)
http://www.oehelp.com/OEX/Default.aspx
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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 [N/A in SP2] and frequently perform a manual
compact of all OE folders while "working offline". More at
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.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.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org
Dave Hardenbrook wrote:
Hello --
I am a computer technician with a client whose Inbox has become bloated
with over two years' worth of E-mail (over 300MB), and now when she
opens OE6, only about a dozen messages from the past few days will
display. After unsuccessful attempts to import the .DBX file into other
E-mail apps, including Thunderbird and The Bat, I have concluded that
her Inbox.dbx is trashed.
I've been reading posts on this group about programs that extract
E-mails from corrupted .DBX files, but the ones I've tried will only
extract the E-mails to individual text files. Is there a utility that
would allow me to actually rebuild the .DBX file so that she can see her
E-mails in OE again? (After this I would advise her to archive her old
E-mails to several separate, compressed OE folders.)
Thanks in advance,
Dave