Have you done a file search for the hidden file "Sent Items.dbx"? It sounds
like the file was corrupted, either by disabling the option to compact
folders while it had not yet completed or using Task Manager (the infamous
Ctrl+Alt+Del) to end the Task of Outlook Express.

If that's the case, you may have an option using DBXpress from
www.oehelp.com to see if it can extract any salvageable messages you wish to
keep from the corrupted file, or use its Extract from Disk mode to recover
all messages on the disk. DBXpress is well worth the $25 the author charges
for it and it can be a lifesaver.
--
Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...8-1171988A62D6
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"Bob Hayden" wrote in message
om...
The last 2 days my OE E-Mail has not been sending about 90% of the time
(error msg)...but occasionally it does. Pain in the rear but at least it
did
get sent. I read that I could possibly fix this by renaming FOLDERS.DBX to
FOLDERS.BAK and then re-staritng OE and it would build a new FOLDERS.DBX
file.

I did this, and the first thing I notice is that the directory structure
is
messed up but that's an easy fix. What troubles me is that my SENT MAIL
folder, with 5+ years of messages, is EMPTY.

Any advice/assistance on how to restore the contents of the SENT MAIL
folder, either in the SENT MAIL folder or an archive folder, is
appreciated.