That is too big for any folder.

General precautions for Outlook Express:

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.

After you are done, follow up by compacting your folders manually while
working *offline* and do it often.

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.

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. For more, see:
http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3

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

And backup often.

Backup & Resto
http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/backup/
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"shank" wrote in message
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"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" wrote in message
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"shank" wrote in message
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Almost 1GB. I know you and all the other MVP's heart just skipped a
beat! Unfortunately, I have to reference and search items a year old.
This is all 2006 emails. I archived all previous files into a separate
folder tree.

As for my issue, I disabled the email scanning and it works better. I
know email scanning is redundant, but it's a nice safety net for all the
crooked crap the bad guys send through.

thanks



How big is Sent Items.dbx?

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
http://www.fjsmjs.com





Email scanning is not a safety net, it's an interference which sooner or
later causes problems.

1 GB is _way_ too large. Move messages out to user created files.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Answer in newsgroup. Don't send mail.
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I won't try to defend a 1GB *.dbx file, but when I move email out to an
archive folder it's just as big. So what's the difference if I have a user
created DBX or a default folder DBX at 1GB compressed..? Or am I not
archiving things properly? Did I miss something?

thanks