To help avoid this in the futu
Do not archive mail in default OE folders. They will eventually become
corrupt. 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: File | Work Offline (or double click Working Online in the
Status Bar). File | Folder | Compact all folders. Don't touch anything until
the compacting is completed.
Turn off e-mail scanning in your anti-virus program. It is a redundant layer
of protection that eats up CPUs and causes a multitude of problems such as
time-outs and account setting changes. Your up-to-date A/V program will
continue to protect you sufficiently. For more, see:
http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3
In Tools | Options | Maintenance: Uncheck Compact messages in background and
leave it unchecked. {N/A if running XP/SP2}.
And backup often.
Backup & Resto
http://www.insideoe.com/backup/
This is a great two click program:
Outlook Express Quick Backup (OEQB)
http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx
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Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA
"bnmohan via WindowsKB.com" u35859@uwe wrote in message
news:7c6024e0be062@uwe...
Thanks, but no. the inbox had 70 unread mails, and no matter what I did,
it
showed onlyr 8. Copied to a different identity, saved and imported, but
only
8 mails were seen by OE. The inbox was corrupted, I downloaded DBexpress,
and
worked on the saved inbox.dbx, and got back my 4200 mails. The mail which
I
was opening when the disaster happened was not recovered correctly : the
attachments were save as separate emails. Anyway, DBExpress worked for me.
Thanks again.
Mohan
Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM wrote:
I just clicked on an email in my inbox, and a different one shwoed up. I
checked other folders, and found them OK. came back to Inbox and found
[quoted text clipped - 10 lines]
Mohan
Go to the Inbox and click View | Current View. Make sure "Show all
messages" is the only thing checked.
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