A friend is sending emails to contacts in Outlook Express.
They appear to send properly and a copy is being retained in the'Sent' box.
However none of the proposed recipients are receiving any mail.
She is receiving mail OK.
Thanking you in advance, David

What happens if she sends herself an e-mail? Any error messages? If not,
some things to try.

Check *all* the settings in Tools | Accounts | Mail | Properties to be sure
they are correct.

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

Do this for the Outbox, and Sent Items, after moving any messages you want
to save to a user created local folder.

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 {Outbox.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.

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}.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~



"Crocketty" wrote in message
...
A friend is sending emails to contacts in Outlook Express.
They appear to send properly and a copy is being retained in the'Sent'
box.
However none of the proposed recipients are receiving any mail.
She is receiving mail OK.
Thanking you in advance, David

On Thu, 8 Jun 2006 21:27:23 +1000, Crocketty wrote:

A friend is sending emails to contacts in Outlook Express.
They appear to send properly and a copy is being retained in the'Sent' box.
However none of the proposed recipients are receiving any mail.
She is receiving mail OK.
Thanking you in advance, David

If a copy of the email is being written to the "Sent Items" folder, then
the email is being sent. If it isn't being received, the problem most
likely exists between the sender's SMTP output server and the recipients
MX server, or Mail Delivery Agent.

--
Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum