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**PA Bear**

YW & thanks for posting back.

bobster wrote:
Thanks, Bear, and Frank Saunders also. "Show all messages" was checked
so I did a "compact all folders" offline and disabled the email scanning
feature in CA my etrust and Zone Alarm. I can't tell for sure if the
problem has gone away but all OE6 actions have speeded up considerably so
I assume it's fixed.

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"PA Bear" wrote in message
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Why it happens:

http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/probl...s.htm#mailgone

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/...orruption.mspx

Recovering data: http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#4
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DBXtract
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/Default.aspx

DBXtend (additional functionality)
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtend/Default.aspx

DBXpress (faster, more powerful, with even greater functionality)
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/Default.aspx

OEX (OE Enhancement Program)
http://www.oehelp.com/OEX/Default.aspx
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Avoid Such Corruption in Futu

- 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://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/files/maintain.htm.

- WinXP SP2 only: Do not shut down your machine while Windows is
automatically compacting your message store.

- Your anti-virus application's email scanning feature can also cause
such corruption. Disable it. It provides no additional protection.

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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org

bobster wrote:
After running OE6 for a few hours and switching to sent items,
out-box or deleted items, then back to my inbox, it has emptied
itself. Refreshing does not cause the entries to return. If I
re-boot Windows, the items in the in- box have returned and it works
normally for a few hours, then empties again and I have to re-boot
again.

Any ideas?

Win 98se, 300 MHz P11, 320megs Ram. IE6, OE6, CA anti-virus, ZA free,
several anti-spyware preventers, Comcast broadband cable.