For saving emails, I have a number of different files set up, and move
emails that I want to save into them (as most people do, I imagine)
However, I notice that when a certain number get put into a saved file (or a
certain total size) the emails you attempt to put in just disappear!
1. Is there a way to know what this size is?
2. When you are approaching that level?
3. Where the ones have gone that appear to have disappeared?

Thanks in advance for any help.

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/

To find the dbx file size:

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 WinXP, Win2K & Win2K3, 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
Icon | View, or in Windows Explorer | Tools | Folder Options | View.

3. Where the ones have gone that appear to have disappeared?

If you make the folders smaller, you may see the messages reappear in the
folder you moved them to. If not, you will need a recovery tool.

DBXpress run in Extract From Disk Mode is the best chance to recover
messages:
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/Default.aspx

And see:
http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#4

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

"Happy" wrote in message
...
For saving emails, I have a number of different files set up, and move
emails that I want to save into them (as most people do, I imagine)
However, I notice that when a certain number get put into a saved file (or
a certain total size) the emails you attempt to put in just disappear!
1. Is there a way to know what this size is?
2. When you are approaching that level?
3. Where the ones have gone that appear to have disappeared?

Thanks in advance for any help.

I am assuming you're archiving (saving) the messages in another local OE
folder.

Why it happens:

http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/probl...s.htm#mailgone
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/...orruption.mspx

Recovering data: http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#4
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
DBXpress (faster, more powerful, with even greater functionality)
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/Default.aspx
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Avoid Such Corruption in Futu

- Don't use Inbox or Sent Items to archive messages. Move them to local
folders created for this purpose.

- Empty Deleted Items folder daily.

- Disable Background Compacting [N/A in SP2] and frequently perform a manual
compact of all OE folders while "working offline". More at
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/files/maintain.htm.

- WinXP SP2 only: Do not shut down your machine while Windows is
automatically compacting your message store.

- WinXP SP2 only: If your machine is fully up-to-date at Windows Update,
installing the following patch (KB918766) will help to avoid such data loss
in the futu
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...2-98af2256ccc3

This patch will be included in the next Cumulative Update for Outlook
Express/WinXP SP2.

- Your anti-virus application's email scanning feature can also cause such
corruption. Disable it. It provides no additional protection.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)


Happy wrote:
For saving emails, I have a number of different files set up, and move
emails that I want to save into them (as most people do, I imagine)
However, I notice that when a certain number get put into a saved file (or
a
certain total size) the emails you attempt to put in just disappear!
1. Is there a way to know what this size is?
2. When you are approaching that level?
3. Where the ones have gone that appear to have disappeared?

Thanks in advance for any help.

and your telling me this because?reply with a answer please
"Happy" wrote in message
...
For saving emails, I have a number of different files set up, and move
emails that I want to save into them (as most people do, I imagine)
However, I notice that when a certain number get put into a saved file (or
a certain total size) the emails you attempt to put in just disappear!
1. Is there a way to know what this size is?
2. When you are approaching that level?
3. Where the ones have gone that appear to have disappeared?

Thanks in advance for any help.