Are you referring to a Hotmail 'Sent Items' folder in OE?

Did you create the new "Old Sent" folder as a subfolder of OE Local folders?

Perhaps your best bet would be to move the original Sent Items.dbx to
another, non-OE folder (e.g., C:\Documents and Settings\[name]\My Documents)
and then run DBXpress (http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/Default.aspx; $5
cheap) on the moved file. Recovered messages, if any, may then be dragged
to an open OE folder (e.g., "Old Sent").
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org

Bob Hayden wrote:
Ok, good advice here...thanks.

One question about not archiving things in the Sent Mail folder...I have
tried setting up a new "Old Sent" folder, but when I move messages there,
it would lose the name heading of who I sent it to (it would just show my
name). The only way I could get it back was to then move the messages to
the Deleted folder and then drag them back to the Sent Items folder...and
then the Send To info was restored. If there is a work-around, I'm all
for it!

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.

- Disable Background Compacting [N/A in SP2] and frequently perform a
manual compact of all OE folders while "working offline". More at
http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm.

- Do not attempt to close OE via Task Manager or shutdown your machine
if Automatic Compacting is taking place (WinXP SP2 only).

- Your anti-virus application's email scanning feature can also cause
such corruption. Disable it. It provides no additional protection.
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Any additional advice is of course appreciated.