I've been adding folders under the "Inbox" folder for a long time. Then,
I
began adding folders under the sub-folders - ie. nesting folders. This is
not a good practice...

Not quite, Mike. While the other folders appear to you as subfolders of
Inbox folder (another DBX file is responsible for this), each folder has its
own DBX file.

You want to avoid archiving (long-term storage) messages in ANY default
folder (i.e., Inbox; Sent Items; Deleted Items). These folders are
constantly being "written to" and are more prone to corruption. Keep these
folders "lean & mean."

You can right-click on any DBX file in your message store
(http://www.insideoe.com/files/store.htm#storemain) to determine its size.

General OE Caveats:

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

- Empty Deleted Items folder daily.

- Frequently perform a manual compact of all OE folders while "working
offline". More at http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm

- Do not cancel Automatic Compacting, should it occur, and do not attempt to
close OE via Task Manager or shutdown your machine if Automatic Compacting
is taking place.

- Disable email scanning by your anti-virus application. It can cause
corruption (i.e., loss of messages) and provides no additional protection:

Why you don't need your anti-virus to scan your email
http://thundercloud.net/infoave/tuto...ning/index.htm
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MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
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cajun_mike wrote:
I've been adding folders under the "Inbox" folder for a long time. Then,
I
began adding folders under the sub-folders - ie. nesting folders. This is
not a good practice I'm learning after my OE database became corrupted. I
also have allowed the folders get too large which contributed, I'm sure.
So, I have a couple of questions:

1) If I can't put my user folders under the "Inbox" folder, where do I put
them and how are they handled with the software?

2) If 100 mb is the arbitrary maximum size of the folder, how can I tell
how
large the folders are quickly so I can do something about it?

Thanks much,

Mike