Am adding quite a few sub folders under Inbox folder and using Rules to
direct incoming mail to the appropriate sub folders.
I wonder if that's the best way..or is it better to create sub folders under
Local Folders?...
....thinking which would be best to avoid bloating and hence slowing OE down
in the future?
Cheers, J

You can create subfolders under the Inbox. Since they all have their own dbx
file, it makes no difference.

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.

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

"John Brown" wrote in message
...
Am adding quite a few sub folders under Inbox folder and using Rules to
direct incoming mail to the appropriate sub folders.
I wonder if that's the best way..or is it better to create sub folders
under Local Folders?...
...thinking which would be best to avoid bloating and hence slowing OE
down in the future?
Cheers, J

John Brown, 8/10/2006, 3:13:24 PM,
wrote:

Am adding quite a few sub folders under Inbox folder and using Rules
to direct incoming mail to the appropriate sub folders. I wonder if
that's the best way..or is it better to create sub folders under
Local Folders?... ...thinking which would be best to avoid bloating
and hence slowing OE down in the future? Cheers, J

Add under Local Folders. Inbox is the most written to .dbx file and
henceforth the most suceptible to corruption.

--
"I think gay marriage is something that should be between a man and a
woman." ~ California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger

On 10 Aug 2006 19:21:20 GMT, badgolferman wrote:

John Brown, 8/10/2006, 3:13:24 PM,
wrote:

Am adding quite a few sub folders under Inbox folder and using Rules
to direct incoming mail to the appropriate sub folders. I wonder if
that's the best way..or is it better to create sub folders under
Local Folders?... ...thinking which would be best to avoid bloating
and hence slowing OE down in the future? Cheers, J

Add under Local Folders. Inbox is the most written to .dbx file and
henceforth the most suceptible to corruption.

But user created folders under the Inbox aren't a part of the Inbox.dbx
file. Rather, the newly creaed folder becomes a new .dbx file. If you
create a folder under the Inbox called, "Today", you will get a new file
in the message store, "today.dbx".

Another file, folders.dbx, tracks where the newly created folders go. If
you delete the folders.dbx file, you lose the tree structure of your
folders; the user-created folders will show up in a flat structure. You
would have to re-structure the tree, which will create a new folders.dbx
file.

P.S.: If you already have a "Today" folder, the new "Today" folder will
have the file name, "today(1).dbx".

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

100MB...does that include the file attachments also?..if so 100MB/folder
isn't v large is it?
If that is the case, what do you recommend when some of the folders do reach
that size...and I don't want to delete stuff?
Cheers. J
---------


"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
You can create subfolders under the Inbox. Since they all have their own
dbx file, it makes no difference.

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.

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

"John Brown" wrote in message
...
Am adding quite a few sub folders under Inbox folder and using Rules to
direct incoming mail to the appropriate sub folders.
I wonder if that's the best way..or is it better to create sub folders
under Local Folders?...
...thinking which would be best to avoid bloating and hence slowing OE
down in the future?
Cheers, J

Add more folders. you can have as many as you want, and you can also have
subfolders of subfolders.

The only way to find the size of a folder is to open the message store and
right click | Properties on the dbx file for the folder.

Some people set up a second identity solely for archiving. The same
suggestions of size would still apply though.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"John Brown" wrote in message
...
100MB...does that include the file attachments also?..if so 100MB/folder
isn't v large is it?
If that is the case, what do you recommend when some of the folders do
reach that size...and I don't want to delete stuff?
Cheers. J
---------


"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
You can create subfolders under the Inbox. Since they all have their own
dbx file, it makes no difference.

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.

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

"John Brown" wrote in message
...
Am adding quite a few sub folders under Inbox folder and using Rules to
direct incoming mail to the appropriate sub folders.
I wonder if that's the best way..or is it better to create sub folders
under Local Folders?...
...thinking which would be best to avoid bloating and hence slowing OE
down in the future?
Cheers, J

Thank you.
So if I did extra sub folders, and subfolders of subfolders as and when
required and kept each below 100MB....and ensured size of main
boxes...Inbox, Outbox, Sent, Draft and Deleted Items were always very
small...are there any other size limitations eg overall recommended max
MB/GB?


"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
Add more folders. you can have as many as you want, and you can also have
subfolders of subfolders.

The only way to find the size of a folder is to open the message store and
right click | Properties on the dbx file for the folder.

Some people set up a second identity solely for archiving. The same
suggestions of size would still apply though.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"John Brown" wrote in message
...
100MB...does that include the file attachments also?..if so 100MB/folder
isn't v large is it?
If that is the case, what do you recommend when some of the folders do
reach that size...and I don't want to delete stuff?
Cheers. J
---------


"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
You can create subfolders under the Inbox. Since they all have their own
dbx file, it makes no difference.

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.

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

"John Brown" wrote in message
...
Am adding quite a few sub folders under Inbox folder and using Rules to
direct incoming mail to the appropriate sub folders.
I wonder if that's the best way..or is it better to create sub folders
under Local Folders?...
...thinking which would be best to avoid bloating and hence slowing OE
down in the future?
Cheers, J

You're okay, but make sure you do frequent backups. If the OE store gets
corrupted, then you'll lose the entire tree of folder hierarchies. See
www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#6

steve

"John Brown" wrote in message
...
Thank you.
So if I did extra sub folders, and subfolders of subfolders as and when
required and kept each below 100MB....and ensured size of main
boxes...Inbox, Outbox, Sent, Draft and Deleted Items were always very
small...are there any other size limitations eg overall recommended max
MB/GB?


"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
Add more folders. you can have as many as you want, and you can also have
subfolders of subfolders.

The only way to find the size of a folder is to open the message store
and right click | Properties on the dbx file for the folder.

Some people set up a second identity solely for archiving. The same
suggestions of size would still apply though.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"John Brown" wrote in message
...
100MB...does that include the file attachments also?..if so 100MB/folder
isn't v large is it?
If that is the case, what do you recommend when some of the folders do
reach that size...and I don't want to delete stuff?
Cheers. J
---------


"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
You can create subfolders under the Inbox. Since they all have their
own dbx file, it makes no difference.

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.

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

"John Brown" wrote in message
...
Am adding quite a few sub folders under Inbox folder and using Rules
to direct incoming mail to the appropriate sub folders.
I wonder if that's the best way..or is it better to create sub folders
under Local Folders?...
...thinking which would be best to avoid bloating and hence slowing OE
down in the future?
Cheers, J

OK TVM. J.
---------

"Steve Cochran" wrote in message
...
You're okay, but make sure you do frequent backups. If the OE store gets
corrupted, then you'll lose the entire tree of folder hierarchies. See
www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#6

steve

"John Brown" wrote in message
...
Thank you.
So if I did extra sub folders, and subfolders of subfolders as and when
required and kept each below 100MB....and ensured size of main
boxes...Inbox, Outbox, Sent, Draft and Deleted Items were always very
small...are there any other size limitations eg overall recommended max
MB/GB?


"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
Add more folders. you can have as many as you want, and you can also
have subfolders of subfolders.

The only way to find the size of a folder is to open the message store
and right click | Properties on the dbx file for the folder.

Some people set up a second identity solely for archiving. The same
suggestions of size would still apply though.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"John Brown" wrote in message
...
100MB...does that include the file attachments also?..if so
100MB/folder isn't v large is it?
If that is the case, what do you recommend when some of the folders do
reach that size...and I don't want to delete stuff?
Cheers. J
---------


"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
You can create subfolders under the Inbox. Since they all have their
own dbx file, it makes no difference.

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.

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

"John Brown" wrote in message
...
Am adding quite a few sub folders under Inbox folder and using Rules
to direct incoming mail to the appropriate sub folders.
I wonder if that's the best way..or is it better to create sub
folders under Local Folders?...
...thinking which would be best to avoid bloating and hence slowing
OE down in the future?
Cheers, J