I knew that Outlook had a 2gb file limitation, but I learned on this forum
that OE did not have that same limitation, yet it does appear to.

Izzat so?...

Information about the maximum file size of the .dbx files that are used by
Outlook Express:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=903095

The above notwithstanding, what Bruce said.

General OE Caveats:

- Don't use Inbox or Sent Items to archive messages. Move them to local
folders created for this purpose. = hint

- 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://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm.

- Do not attempt to close OE via Task Manager or shutdown your machine if
Automatic Compacting is taking place (WinXP SP2 only).

- Your anti-virus application's email scanning feature can also cause
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

Bill H. wrote:
Trying to move a bunch of msgs from the sent folder to other folders (like
"old sent").

Now that the "old sent.dbx" file is about 2gb, I can no longer move any
messages into it. I get an error in OE.

Also I get an error during the compaction that says the file is currently
in use by OE or another application (this for a couple of the OE folders).
Well, it's certainly not another application (that I can see) and I set OE
to work offline before beginning the compacting.

I knew that Outlook had a 2gb file limitation, but I learned on this forum
that OE did not have that same limitation, yet it does appear to.

Also, I'm unable to compact the existing sent items folder, which is only
about 1.8gb on the hard drive. I have moved a lot of stuff out, and I
suspect the compacting would greatly reduce the filesize, but it won't
compact (though all the other folders will).

Help?