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When I search for messages in my sent folder, then try to read them from the
results window, I get the following error...
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Message could not be displayed
Outlook Express encountered an unexpected problem while displaying this
message. Check your computer for low memory or low disk space and try again.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
....however, it works when I search the delete or any other folder. The MS
site turned up the following possibility, but it does not apply...
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This issue can occur if you are using an Internet Message Access Protocol
(IMAP) e-mail account, and your connection to this account is dropped.
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The sent folder is the only one causing issues....
I've got 200GB free and 2MB RAM. What cause this problem?

thanks!

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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
...
When I search for messages in my sent folder, then try to read them from
the results window, I get the following error...
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Message could not be displayed
Outlook Express encountered an unexpected problem while displaying this
message. Check your computer for low memory or low disk space and try
again.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
...however, it works when I search the delete or any other folder. The MS
site turned up the following possibility, but it does not apply...
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
This issue can occur if you are using an Internet Message Access Protocol
(IMAP) e-mail account, and your connection to this account is dropped.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
The sent folder is the only one causing issues....
I've got 200GB free and 2MB RAM. What cause this problem?

thanks!

Message could not be displayed
 

"shank" wrote in message
...
When I search for messages in my sent folder, then try to read them from
the results window, I get the following error...
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Message could not be displayed
Outlook Express encountered an unexpected problem while displaying this
message. Check your computer for low memory or low disk space and try
again.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
...however, it works when I search the delete or any other folder. The MS
site turned up the following possibility, but it does not apply...
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
This issue can occur if you are using an Internet Message Access Protocol
(IMAP) e-mail account, and your connection to this account is dropped.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
The sent folder is the only one causing issues....
I've got 200GB free and 2MB RAM. What cause this problem?

thanks!


How big is Sent Items.dbx?

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

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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

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After moving all messages out of the default folders, have you compacted?

As for e-mail scanning, it is useless, period.

This is from Symantec, but applies to all anti-virus programs.

From:
http://snipurl.com/bmf6

Is my computer still protected against viruses if I disable Email Scanning?

Disabling Email Scanning does not leave you unprotected against viruses that
are distributed as email attachments. Norton AntiVirus Auto-Protect scans
incoming files as they are saved to your hard drive, including email and
email attachments. Email Scanning is just another layer on top of this. To
make sure that Auto-Protect is providing the maximum protection, keep
Auto-Protect enabled and run LiveUpdate regularly to ensure that you have
the most recent virus definitions.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"shank" wrote in message
...
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

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"shank" wrote in message
...
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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"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" wrote in message
...
"shank" wrote in message
...
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.
=================================
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

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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
...

"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" wrote in message
...
"shank" wrote in message
...
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.
=================================
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

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http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3


http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/Default.aspx
Not sure if this can be answered here...
I've been playing DBXtract and one folder that has gone corrupt. DBXtract
extracts emails from DBX into a individual *.eml files. How do I import
those back into a DBX folder? Not have much luck with that using the OE
import options.

thanks!

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The eml files are stored in a folder. Open that folder and resize it to
occupy about 1/2 the screen. Open Outlook Express and resize it to occupy
the other 1/2 of the screen. Select the messages you desire to copy by
highlighting them (using either the Ctrl key while selecting or if all, use
Ctrl+A) and then hold down the right hand mouse button and drag/drop them
into the message list header of the folder you desire to use to retain them
in Outlook Express. I'd suggest you not store them in the Inbox, but use a
User created Local Folder you make.
--
Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...8-1171988A62D6
Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.




"shank" wrote in message
...

http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3


http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/Default.aspx
Not sure if this can be answered here...
I've been playing DBXtract and one folder that has gone corrupt. DBXtract
extracts emails from DBX into a individual *.eml files. How do I import
those back into a DBX folder? Not have much luck with that using the OE
import options.

thanks!