Thanks Ron. VBG That shows what happens when one doesn't insert
boilerplate.

cheers,

steve

"Ron Sommer" wrote in message
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steve,
You missed a not.
Generally a dbx file should 'not' exceed a few hundred megabytes, or else
it gets more likely to be corrupted.
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Ronald Sommer


"Steve Cochran" wrote in message
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Yes, OE has a self-destruct feature that is enhanced by antivirus
software (see points 2 and 3 he www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#2) In
addition, backup frequently as your hard drive could also fail and then
you would lose your messages forever. Generally a dbx file should exceed
a few hundred megabytes, or else it gets more likely to be corrupted.

steve

"B.W." (del xxx) wrote in message
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Another question on the same lines. I understand that if you let your
mailboxes become too full your OE could become corrupt, sometimes after
the compacting procedure.

Could you lose one or more of your folders contents???

TIA


"B.W." (del xxx) wrote in message
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I rea this information somewhere recently but now cannot find it. What
is the maximum GB size for the total mailboxes in outlook express 6.
Is it 20GB?

TIA