I can download all the mail ok from the "TalkTalk" server but after I have
downloaded it ...its all back on the server and downloading again. After
about 6 copies of everything I switched off, restarted the computer, checked
the email and there they are ....still waiting to download again.
I have tried to speak to "TalkTalk" but they say its the way OE6 has been
set up.
I have been through all the settings in OE6 and compared them with a friend
and they are both the same but his works ok.
Is there anyone who can offer some help/advice please, it's driving me mad
--
lingo

Tools | Accounts | Mail | Properties | Advanced. Uncheck: Leave a copy of
messages on the server. Then delete the Pop3uidl.dbx file. You will get the
messages one more time, but that should be it.

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.

With OE closed, find the DBX file for the folder in question {Pop3uidl.dbx}
and delete it. A new one will be created automatically when you open OE.

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

"lingo" wrote in message
...
I can download all the mail ok from the "TalkTalk" server but after I have
downloaded it ...its all back on the server and downloading again. After
about 6 copies of everything I switched off, restarted the computer,
checked
the email and there they are ....still waiting to download again.
I have tried to speak to "TalkTalk" but they say its the way OE6 has been
set up.
I have been through all the settings in OE6 and compared them with a
friend
and they are both the same but his works ok.
Is there anyone who can offer some help/advice please, it's driving me mad
--
lingo