Hi

I can't delete mail from my inbox in OE.

What can i do to fix it?

Regrads
Erik

From another post:
--
Ron Sommer

Move any messages you wish to save from Sent Items to a local folder you
create, Then:

Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store Folder will reveal the location of
your Outlook Express files. Press the Tab key to highlight the folder
location, then Ctrl+C. Close OE, then Start | Run | Ctrl+V will put the
location in the box - Click OK and you'll see the OE files. Otherwise, write
the location down and navigate to it in Windows Explorer.

In Windows XP, 2K & 3K, the OE user files (DBX and WAB) are by default
marked as hidden. To view these files in Windows Explorer, you must enable
Show Hidden Files and Folders under Start | Control Panel | Folder Options |
View.

With OE closed, find the DBX file for the folder in question {Sent
Items.dbx} and delete it. A new one will be created automatically when you
open OE.

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: FileWork Offline (or double click Working Online in the Status
Bar). File | Folder | Compact all folders. Don't touch anything until the
compacting is completed.

In Tools | Options | Maintenance: Uncheck Compact messages in background and
leave it unchecked. {N/A if running XP/SP2}.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Erik" wrote in message
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Hi

I can't delete mail from my inbox in OE.

What can i do to fix it?

Regrads
Erik

He said Inbox Ron.

steve

"Ron Sommer" wrote in message
...
From another post:
--
Ron Sommer

Move any messages you wish to save from Sent Items to a local folder you
create, Then:

Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store Folder will reveal the location of
your Outlook Express files. Press the Tab key to highlight the folder
location, then Ctrl+C. Close OE, then Start | Run | Ctrl+V will put the
location in the box - Click OK and you'll see the OE files. Otherwise,
write
the location down and navigate to it in Windows Explorer.

In Windows XP, 2K & 3K, the OE user files (DBX and WAB) are by default
marked as hidden. To view these files in Windows Explorer, you must enable
Show Hidden Files and Folders under Start | Control Panel | Folder Options
|
View.

With OE closed, find the DBX file for the folder in question {Sent
Items.dbx} and delete it. A new one will be created automatically when
you
open OE.

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: FileWork Offline (or double click Working Online in the
Status
Bar). File | Folder | Compact all folders. Don't touch anything until the
compacting is completed.

In Tools | Options | Maintenance: Uncheck Compact messages in background
and
leave it unchecked. {N/A if running XP/SP2}.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Erik" wrote in message
. dk...
Hi

I can't delete mail from my inbox in OE.

What can i do to fix it?

Regrads
Erik

Either you have a corrupt deleted items folder or a corrupt inbox or both.

The best you could do now would be to first do points 2 and 3 here :
www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx

Then go to File | Identities and setup a new Identity and then import from
the older identity (File | Import). That will give a new and non-corrupt
message store.

You could just copy the messages from the deleted items folder to another
one and from the inbox to another one and then with OE closed delete those
two dbx files (or move them to another directory) and OE will create new
ones, but you may have other corruption issues, and setting up a new
Identity is probably a better means to fix the issues.

steve

"Erik" wrote in message
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Hi

I can't delete mail from my inbox in OE.

What can i do to fix it?

Regrads
Erik

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make identical posts to multiple newsgroups, please cross-post one (1)
message to all of them. Thank you.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org

Erik wrote:
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I can't delete mail from my inbox in OE.

What can i do to fix it?

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Erik