I don't know what it was, or why it happened, but it's fixed.

I deleted the Drafts folder, shut down OE, rebooted it, and it created a new
drafts folder and drafts.dbx. The first time I did a manual create of a
Drafts folder, but it wasn't in the right position under Local Folders, so I
guess it wanted to re-create the Drafts folder itself and put it below
"deleted items" which is the default position.

It now saves again. Thanks very much.

Ken


"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
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Is your old copy named Drafts.dbx? You can't have two folders with the
same file name. Move the messages in the backup Drafts folder to a user
created folder and see if you can delete Drafts.dbx again. If you can't,
try a new identity.

You may have a damaged identity especially if it is the default Main
Identity. File | Identity | Add New Identity. Create a new one and test
it. If all is well, you can import your messages and Address Book from the
old identity and delete it.

How to Create and Use Identities in Outlook Express
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=209169
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Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"KenV" wrote in message
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Yes, OE was closed when I deleted Drafts.dbx. I couldn't even delete the
file when OE was open.

I have since re-created a drafts.dbx folder several times--still no luck.

I just restored from disk backup an old copy of drafts.dbx with 819 kb
and 6 saved emails. They show up fine now in OE in the Drafts folder. But
I still can't save a new draft email.

Ken


"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
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Was OE closed when you deleted Drafts.dbx? It won't change a thing if OE
is open.

What is the size of Drafts.dbx?
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"KenV" wrote in message
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I am running XP SP2.

I can no longer "save" a created email in my Drafts folder. It gives me
a popup window with the message, "Cannot save this message". I can do a
"save as" and put it into my My Documents folder, but not a "save" to
store it as a draft.

I've tried deleting the Drafts.dbx file under the Identities folder for
OE, tried putting a new Drafts folder inunder Local Folders, but
nothing works.

Otherwise,OE is working OK.

How can I repair this?

Thnaks.

Ken