If messages are still accessible in the Inbox folder, do the following:
- Create a new mail folder (e.g. Mytemp)
- Copy (not Move) the existing Inbox messages to the new mail folder
(Mytemp)
- Close Outlook Express
- Locate the file Inbox.dbx (OE5+) in the mail directory and delete it.
You can use Start, Find (or Search), Files or Folders, Inbox.dbx to find
it
- Open Outlook Express again.
- It will create a new empty Inbox. Copy the messages back from the
Mytemp folder. You can now delete the Mytemp folder.

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Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"My Name" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 27 May 2006 00:54:35 +0200, My Name wrote:

Hello,
My inbox is way overdue for compacting. The trouble was, when I tried
to compact, I got the error message (msminn illegal action). So the
folder just kept getting bigger.
Now, what can I do about it?
I've cleared some disk space, so there's enough room to do the
compacting. But I still get the error message, and a new inbox.dbt
file created.

I've also tried putting the hard disk into a newer computer as a slave
drive. I then copied the whole OE folder onto the huge (40 GB) hard
drive on the newer computer and configured the OE on the new computer
to use it. But the compacting still didn't work, same error message.

What to do ?

Thanks


I forgot to say, OE 6, Win 98.