You're welcome. Glad it helped.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"B17" wrote in message
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"Bruce Hagen" wrote in
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Tools | Accounts | Mail | Properties | Advanced. Uncheck "Break
apart
messages........".

Do you want the messages in Sent Items.old? If not, just delete it.
If
you want them, you'll need a recovery tool.

DBXtract:
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/Default.aspx

DBXpress: {much faster for large files}
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/Default.aspx

You also need to compact your folders to help get this going again,
but get the messages out of Sent Items.old first.

Click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree so no folders
are open. Then: File | Work Offline (or double click Working Online
in
the Status Bar). File | Folder | Compact all folders. Don't touch
anything until the compacting is completed.

General Outlook Express advice:

Do not archive mail in default OE folders. They will eventually
become
corrupt. Create your own user defined folders for storing mail and
move your mail to them. Empty Deleted Items folder regularly. Keep
user created folders under 100MB, and Default folders as empty as is
feasible.

In Tools | Options | Maintenance: Uncheck Compact messages in
background and leave it unchecked. {N/A if running XP/SP2}.

Turn off e-mail scanning in your anti-virus program. It is a
redundant
layer of protection that eats up CPUs and causes a multitude of
problems such as time-outs and account setting changes. Your
up-to-date A/V program will continue to protect you sufficiently.

Clear the Temporary Internet Files often. In IE | Tools | Internet
Options | Delete Files button. And check the box to Delete Offline
content.

And backup often.

Backup and Resto

http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/backup/

http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx

http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx

Great help, I'm working again, thanks!