For some reason, every time OE is restarted, the blocked sender list is lost
And if imported to the registry, OE ignores it on restart

What the hell gives

"D.A. Tsenuf" wrote in message
...
For some reason, every time OE is restarted, the blocked sender list is
lost
And if imported to the registry, OE ignores it on restart

What the hell gives



Corruption of the OE identity is probably your problem?

Simply forget block sender for now, ( it is a waste of time anyway), create
a message rule to deal with the individual concerned, see if that works?

The Blocked Senders registry key is damaged.

1.. Close OE and then In Regedit, navigate to this key:

|--HKEY_CURRENT_USER
|-----Identities
|--------{GUID}
|-----------Software
|--------------Microsoft
|-----------------Outlook Express
|--------------------5.0

where GUID is the Global Unique IDentifier for your Identity.

2.. Under that key, you will find the following sub-keys, among
others:

|-----------------------Block Senders
|-----------------------Rules
|-----------------------Signatures

Select the Block Senders Key and delete it. Blocked Senders will be empty,
but you can rebuild it now.

IMHO, if you are using Blocked Senders to block spam, you are wasting your
time since the spammers constantly change the already munged e-mail address.
Message Rules isn't even close to perfect, but you do have more options.

Some Message Rule Ideas:
http://www.mindspring.com/~majik/messagerules.htm

Some tips:
http://www.insideoe.com/tips/rules.htm

Controlling Junk Mail in Outlook Express:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/.../junkmail.mspx

Message Rules not working?:
http://www.tomsterdam.com/insideoe/faqs/why.htm#rules
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"D.A. Tsenuf" wrote in message
...
For some reason, every time OE is restarted, the blocked sender list is
lost
And if imported to the registry, OE ignores it on restart

What the hell gives

" mac" wrote in message
...

"D.A. Tsenuf" wrote in message
...
For some reason, every time OE is restarted, the blocked sender list is
lost
And if imported to the registry, OE ignores it on restart

What the hell gives



Corruption of the OE identity is probably your problem?

Simply forget block sender for now, ( it is a waste of time anyway),
create a message rule to deal with the individual concerned, see if that
works?


1) It's NOT a single individual, but many
2) It was working until recently
I find it convenient to have it working again
3) Don't really want to wait for the nonsense of all those individuals to
be downloaded
4) Why should I settle for a workaround, when it used to work ?


So how do I FIX the OE identity ?

Tried that
When I close OE, I lose EVERYTHING....

Also this is for news groups NOT mail



"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
The Blocked Senders registry key is damaged.

1.. Close OE and then In Regedit, navigate to this key:

|--HKEY_CURRENT_USER
|-----Identities
|--------{GUID}
|-----------Software
|--------------Microsoft
|-----------------Outlook Express
|--------------------5.0

where GUID is the Global Unique IDentifier for your Identity.

2.. Under that key, you will find the following sub-keys, among
others:

|-----------------------Block Senders
|-----------------------Rules
|-----------------------Signatures

Select the Block Senders Key and delete it. Blocked Senders will be empty,
but you can rebuild it now.

IMHO, if you are using Blocked Senders to block spam, you are wasting your
time since the spammers constantly change the already munged e-mail
address. Message Rules isn't even close to perfect, but you do have more
options.

Some Message Rule Ideas:
http://www.mindspring.com/~majik/messagerules.htm

Some tips:
http://www.insideoe.com/tips/rules.htm

Controlling Junk Mail in Outlook Express:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/.../junkmail.mspx

Message Rules not working?:
http://www.tomsterdam.com/insideoe/faqs/why.htm#rules
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"D.A. Tsenuf" wrote in message
...
For some reason, every time OE is restarted, the blocked sender list is
lost
And if imported to the registry, OE ignores it on restart

What the hell gives

Can I assume you deleted the Blocked Senders key with OE closed? And that
you were in the correct identity when you did? Have you restarted your
machine since and then tried to add an address to Blocked Senders?

Mail or News, doesn't matter. If deleting the registry key does not work,
then you may have a damaged identity especially if it is the default Main
Identity. File | Identity | Add New Identity. Create a new one and test it.
If all is well, you can import your messages and Address Book from the old
identity and delete it.

How to Create and Use Identities in Outlook Express
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=209169
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"D.A. Tsenuf" wrote in message
...
Tried that
When I close OE, I lose EVERYTHING....

Also this is for news groups NOT mail



"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
The Blocked Senders registry key is damaged.

1.. Close OE and then In Regedit, navigate to this key:

|--HKEY_CURRENT_USER
|-----Identities
|--------{GUID}
|-----------Software
|--------------Microsoft
|-----------------Outlook Express
|--------------------5.0

where GUID is the Global Unique IDentifier for your Identity.

2.. Under that key, you will find the following sub-keys, among
others:

|-----------------------Block Senders
|-----------------------Rules
|-----------------------Signatures

Select the Block Senders Key and delete it. Blocked Senders will be
empty, but you can rebuild it now.

IMHO, if you are using Blocked Senders to block spam, you are wasting
your time since the spammers constantly change the already munged e-mail
address. Message Rules isn't even close to perfect, but you do have more
options.

Some Message Rule Ideas:
http://www.mindspring.com/~majik/messagerules.htm

Some tips:
http://www.insideoe.com/tips/rules.htm

Controlling Junk Mail in Outlook Express:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/.../junkmail.mspx

Message Rules not working?:
http://www.tomsterdam.com/insideoe/faqs/why.htm#rules
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"D.A. Tsenuf" wrote in message
...
For some reason, every time OE is restarted, the blocked sender list is
lost
And if imported to the registry, OE ignores it on restart

What the hell gives

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
Can I assume you deleted the Blocked Senders key with OE closed? And that
you were in the correct identity when you did? Have you restarted your
machine since and then tried to add an address to Blocked Senders?

Mail or News, doesn't matter. If deleting the registry key does not work,
then you may have a damaged identity especially if it is the default Main
Identity. File | Identity | Add New Identity. Create a new one and test
it. If all is well, you can import your messages and Address Book from the
old identity and delete it.

How to Create and Use Identities in Outlook Express
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=209169
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~


1) OE was closed whenever I went into the registry
2) There is ONLY ONE identity on this computer
3) have re-booted multiple times since the problem
4) Have tried re-adding the blocked senders data through the OE "block
sender" menu
Everything disappears when OE is closed
5) Have tried re-importing the Key from the backup
Nothing is present when OE opens

"D.A. Tsenuf" wrote in message
...

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
Can I assume you deleted the Blocked Senders key with OE closed? And that
you were in the correct identity when you did? Have you restarted your
machine since and then tried to add an address to Blocked Senders?

Mail or News, doesn't matter. If deleting the registry key does not work,
then you may have a damaged identity especially if it is the default Main
Identity. File | Identity | Add New Identity. Create a new one and test
it. If all is well, you can import your messages and Address Book from
the old identity and delete it.

How to Create and Use Identities in Outlook Express
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=209169
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~


1) OE was closed whenever I went into the registry
2) There is ONLY ONE identity on this computer
3) have re-booted multiple times since the problem
4) Have tried re-adding the blocked senders data through the OE "block
sender" menu
Everything disappears when OE is closed
5) Have tried re-importing the Key from the backup
Nothing is present when OE opens


Did you create a new identity and test it as I suggested?
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~