Guv Bob wrote:

I moved a bunch of files to an external disk and got 2GB of free
memory. Also I copied some of the larger DBX files off the primary
HD and now can compact folders. The compacting process appears to
proceed to completion as normal, but when finished there is no more
free disk space, and the compacted DBX files are the same size as the
un-compacted files.

So how many files was "3/4 of the e-mails" in the Inbox folder? What
was their total size in kilobytes? You might've deleted some files but
not many files, or you deleted many files but they were all just a
couple kilobytes in size so in total there wasn't many bytes deleted to
then physically purge with a compaction.

Are you sure that the .dbx files you are looking at are in the path used
by Outlook Express? Where are you finding the .dbx files? If you
receive a new e-mail, do you see the timestamp on the inbox.dbx file
also get updated?

NOTE: Do *not* post to newsgroups using quoted-printable format (never
recommended for Usenet posts). In OE, configure its Newsgroup settings
to send using plain-text, use MIME encoding, select None, and set
word-wrap to 72 characters for line length, and indent quoted text using
the "" character.

Try what I suggested in the paragraph you quoted below.

steve

"Guv Bob" wrote in message m...
"Steve Cochran" wrote in message ...

Go to Start | Programs | Accessories | System Tools | Disk cleanup and run that and see what kind of space you can free up on the hard drive. If you still get the inability to compact the file, then move all the messages to another folder. Then with OE closed, delete the inbox.dbx file. Then you will have a new and very small inbox.

Thanks, Steve. I moved a bunch of files to an external disk and got 2GB of free memory. Also I copied some of the larger DBX files off the primary HD and now can compact folders. The compacting process appears to proceed to completion as normal, but when finished there is no more free disk space, and the compacted DBX files are the same size as the un-compacted files.

Try what I suggested in the paragraph you quoted below.

steve

"Guv Bob" wrote in message m...
"Steve Cochran" wrote in message ...

Go to Start | Programs | Accessories | System Tools | Disk cleanup and run that and see what kind of space you can free up on the hard drive. If you still get the inability to compact the file, then move all the messages to another folder. Then with OE closed, delete the inbox.dbx file. Then you will have a new and very small inbox.

Thanks, Steve. I moved a bunch of files to an external disk and got 2GB of free memory. Also I copied some of the larger DBX files off the primary HD and now can compact folders. The compacting process appears to proceed to completion as normal, but when finished there is no more free disk space, and the compacted DBX files are the same size as the un-compacted files.

Thanks, Steve.

"Steve Cochran" wrote in message ...

Try what I suggested in the paragraph you quoted below.

steve

"Guv Bob" wrote in message m...
"Steve Cochran" wrote in message ...

Go to Start | Programs | Accessories | System Tools | Disk cleanup and run that and see what kind of space you can free up on the hard drive. If you still get the inability to compact the file, then move all the messages to another folder. Then with OE closed, delete the inbox.dbx file. Then you will have a new and very small inbox.

Thanks, Steve. I moved a bunch of files to an external disk and got 2GB of free memory. Also I copied some of the larger DBX files off the primary HD and now can compact folders. The compacting process appears to proceed to completion as normal, but when finished there is no more free disk space, and the compacted DBX files are the same size as the un-compacted files.

Thanks, Steve.

"Steve Cochran" wrote in message ...

Try what I suggested in the paragraph you quoted below.

steve

"Guv Bob" wrote in message m...
"Steve Cochran" wrote in message ...

Go to Start | Programs | Accessories | System Tools | Disk cleanup and run that and see what kind of space you can free up on the hard drive. If you still get the inability to compact the file, then move all the messages to another folder. Then with OE closed, delete the inbox.dbx file. Then you will have a new and very small inbox.

Thanks, Steve. I moved a bunch of files to an external disk and got 2GB of free memory. Also I copied some of the larger DBX files off the primary HD and now can compact folders. The compacting process appears to proceed to completion as normal, but when finished there is no more free disk space, and the compacted DBX files are the same size as the un-compacted files.

"VanguardLH" wrote in message ...
Guv Bob wrote:

I moved a bunch of files to an external disk and got 2GB of free
memory. Also I copied some of the larger DBX files off the primary
HD and now can compact folders. The compacting process appears to
proceed to completion as normal, but when finished there is no more
free disk space, and the compacted DBX files are the same size as the
un-compacted files.

So how many files was "3/4 of the e-mails" in the Inbox folder? What
was their total size in kilobytes? You might've deleted some files but
not many files, or you deleted many files but they were all just a
couple kilobytes in size so in total there wasn't many bytes deleted to
then physically purge with a compaction.

Files are typical for email - a few KB to 5MB max. That's not the problem. I'm talking about compacting DBX files and then having no more disk space than before compacting.

Are you sure that the .dbx files you are looking at are in the path used
by Outlook Express? Where are you finding the .dbx files? If you
receive a new e-mail, do you see the timestamp on the inbox.dbx file
also get updated?

Yes.

In the OE folder. See next posting.

Yes.

"VanguardLH" wrote in message ...
Guv Bob wrote:

I moved a bunch of files to an external disk and got 2GB of free
memory. Also I copied some of the larger DBX files off the primary
HD and now can compact folders. The compacting process appears to
proceed to completion as normal, but when finished there is no more
free disk space, and the compacted DBX files are the same size as the
un-compacted files.

So how many files was "3/4 of the e-mails" in the Inbox folder? What
was their total size in kilobytes? You might've deleted some files but
not many files, or you deleted many files but they were all just a
couple kilobytes in size so in total there wasn't many bytes deleted to
then physically purge with a compaction.

Files are typical for email - a few KB to 5MB max. That's not the problem. I'm talking about compacting DBX files and then having no more disk space than before compacting.

Are you sure that the .dbx files you are looking at are in the path used
by Outlook Express? Where are you finding the .dbx files? If you
receive a new e-mail, do you see the timestamp on the inbox.dbx file
also get updated?

Yes.

In the OE folder. See next posting.

Yes.

Here is a screen capture of the OE6 folder showing DBX files:

https://www.yousendit.com/download/Y...NXZ0QTFFQlE9PQ



"Guv Bob" wrote in message m...
Hi Folks,

My in-box folder was getting too large, so I deleted about 3/4 of the emails but still the DBX folder shows the same size - 200MB. I tried to compress it and it says there is not enough hard drive space (I have 900 MB of empty space).

Any idea how to reduce the size of the inbox?

Thanks in advance!

Bob

Here is a screen capture of the OE6 folder showing DBX files:

https://www.yousendit.com/download/Y...NXZ0QTFFQlE9PQ



"Guv Bob" wrote in message m...
Hi Folks,

My in-box folder was getting too large, so I deleted about 3/4 of the emails but still the DBX folder shows the same size - 200MB. I tried to compress it and it says there is not enough hard drive space (I have 900 MB of empty space).

Any idea how to reduce the size of the inbox?

Thanks in advance!

Bob

I've read all of your posts in this thread to-date.

1a. Move any messages that you want to keep out of Sent Items and
Deleted Items folders and into other local OE folders you've created
for archiving (saving) such messages.

1b. Move 99% of your messages in your Inbox folder to other local OE
folders, too.

2a. Write down the location of your identity's store (http://
www.insideoe.com/files/store.htm#storemain).

2b. Enable 'Show Hidden Files and Folders' via Start | Control Panel |
Folder Options | View (cf. http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tuto...torial62.html).

3. Close OE.

4. In Windows Explorer, navigate to your store folder, find & delete
the files Outbox.dbx, Sent Items.dbx, and Deleted Items.dbx.

To avoid such problems in the future, adhere to the following 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.

- Frequently perform a manual compact of all OE folders while "working
offline". More at http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm

- Do not cancel Automatic Compacting, should it occur, and do not
attempt to close OE via Task Manager or shutdown your machine if
Automatic Compacting is taking place.

- Disable email scanning by your anti-virus application. It can cause
corruption (i.e., loss of messages) and provides no additional
protection:

Why you don't need your anti-virus to scan your email
http://thundercloud.net/infoave/tuto...ning/index.htm

--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002

On May 21, 2:26*am, "Guv Bob"
wrote:
Hi Folks,

My in-box folder was getting too large, so I deleted about 3/4 of the emails but still the DBX folder shows the same size - 200MB. *I tried to compress it and it says there is not enough hard drive space (I have 900 MB of empty space).

Any idea how to reduce the size of the inbox?