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I have the following OE error message at the bottom of my screen:
"Message number 12008 could not be retrieved. Account: 'pop.sbcglobal.yahoo.com', Server: 'pop.sbcglobal.yahoo.com', Protocol: POP3, Server Response: '-ERR problem retrieving message.', Port: 110, Secure(SSL): No, Server Error: 0x800CCC90, Error Number: 0x800420CD".......Everything seems to work OK but it won't go away! Support at microcsoft provides 2 options: 1. to remove duplicate mail accounts ... I don't have any duplicate accounts. 2. To remove Outlook.dbx file.. What will I lose forever if I delete this file as i have many old emails that I keep in my inbox for reference? What made this happen? tnx Hank |
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There is no Outlook.dbx file.
Can you access your mail through your ISPs Website? It sounds like you have a corrupt message that OE won't download, but you can delete it at the Website. 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/ This is a great two click program: Outlook Express Quick Backup (OEQB) http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP Outlook Express ~IB-CA~ "Henry Kolesnik" wrote in message . net... I have the following OE error message at the bottom of my screen: "Message number 12008 could not be retrieved. Account: 'pop.sbcglobal.yahoo.com', Server: 'pop.sbcglobal.yahoo.com', Protocol: POP3, Server Response: '-ERR problem retrieving message.', Port: 110, Secure(SSL): No, Server Error: 0x800CCC90, Error Number: 0x800420CD".......Everything seems to work OK but it won't go away! Support at microcsoft provides 2 options: 1. to remove duplicate mail accounts ... I don't have any duplicate accounts. 2. To remove Outlook.dbx file.. What will I lose forever if I delete this file as i have many old emails that I keep in my inbox for reference? What made this happen? tnx Hank |
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