All of a sudden, my OE6 hangs up. It shows I have 50 mesages in my inbox, and
is still receiving. I can not do anything with it.

By reading some of the posts, I figured I needed to take my INBOX.DBX and
rename it INBOX.OLD

I did that and now I can use OE^ again bit I have none of the 50 messages.

I have several questions:

Is there a way to restore the old file? I opened it using notebook but I do
not know what to delete. Or is there a utility program that can fix it?

I used search to find the INBOX.DBX, but when I went to the folder it was in
I could not display anything...is that normal?

Just so you know I have now learned some lessons, I changed it to keep my
mail on the server for a few days and I will try to clean out my inbox more
and put stuff in other folders.
--
Thanks Very Much!

Art Nittskoff

Rename it to Inboxold.dbx and then use one of these tools to recover the
messages.

DBXtract:
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/Default.aspx

DBXpress: {much faster for large files}
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/Default.aspx

To help avoid this in the futu

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~

"Art Nittskoff" wrote in message
...
All of a sudden, my OE6 hangs up. It shows I have 50 mesages in my inbox,
and
is still receiving. I can not do anything with it.

By reading some of the posts, I figured I needed to take my INBOX.DBX and
rename it INBOX.OLD

I did that and now I can use OE^ again bit I have none of the 50 messages.

I have several questions:

Is there a way to restore the old file? I opened it using notebook but I
do
not know what to delete. Or is there a utility program that can fix it?

I used search to find the INBOX.DBX, but when I went to the folder it was
in
I could not display anything...is that normal?

Just so you know I have now learned some lessons, I changed it to keep my
mail on the server for a few days and I will try to clean out my inbox
more
and put stuff in other folders.
--
Thanks Very Much!

Art Nittskoff