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Old April 12th 07, 04:16 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
Jack S
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Default OE problems

On my computer, OE sometimes immeidately sends new posts, and sometimes puts
them in the outbox to send later.

Anyway to fix this so it always sends immediatley?

Also,

Dragon natural speaking doesn't work as well in OE as in other programs.

At first it worked fine, but then for some reason the "-" stopped working
for correction, and the the first letter of sentences stopped being
capitalized.

Anybody know what's going or how to fix it?


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Old April 12th 07, 05:13 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
Bruce Hagen
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Posts: 10,210
Default OE problems

News posts, e-mail, or both?

Tools | Options | Send. Is Send messages immediately checked?
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Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Jack S" wrote in message
nk.net...
On my computer, OE sometimes immeidately sends new posts, and sometimes
puts them in the outbox to send later.

Anyway to fix this so it always sends immediatley?

Also,

Dragon natural speaking doesn't work as well in OE as in other programs.

At first it worked fine, but then for some reason the "-" stopped working
for correction, and the the first letter of sentences stopped being
capitalized.

Anybody know what's going or how to fix it?


  #3  
Old April 12th 07, 09:05 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
Jack S
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Posts: 4
Default OE problems


"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
News posts, e-mail, or both?


I only use it for NG posts.



Tools | Options | Send. Is Send messages immediately checked?


Yes. And sometimes it sends immediately, and sometimes it saves them to
outbox.


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

"Jack S" wrote in message
nk.net...
On my computer, OE sometimes immeidately sends new posts, and sometimes
puts them in the outbox to send later.

Anyway to fix this so it always sends immediatley?

Also,

Dragon natural speaking doesn't work as well in OE as in other programs.

At first it worked fine, but then for some reason the "-" stopped working
for correction, and the the first letter of sentences stopped being
capitalized.

Anybody know what's going or how to fix it?




  #4  
Old April 12th 07, 09:12 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
Bruce Hagen
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Default OE problems

It could be a corrupt Outbox, or possibly Sent Items.

Do the following for the Outbox, and if the problem persists, repeat for
Sent Items after you move any messages you wish to save to a local folder
you create.

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 {Outbox.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~

"Jack S" wrote in message
ink.net...

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
News posts, e-mail, or both?


I only use it for NG posts.



Tools | Options | Send. Is Send messages immediately checked?


Yes. And sometimes it sends immediately, and sometimes it saves them to
outbox.


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

"Jack S" wrote in message
nk.net...
On my computer, OE sometimes immeidately sends new posts, and sometimes
puts them in the outbox to send later.

Anyway to fix this so it always sends immediatley?

Also,

Dragon natural speaking doesn't work as well in OE as in other programs.

At first it worked fine, but then for some reason the "-" stopped
working
for correction, and the the first letter of sentences stopped being
capitalized.

Anybody know what's going or how to fix it?





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Old April 12th 07, 09:33 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
Michael Santovec
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Default OE problems

New posts (or e-mails for that matter) are always written to the Outbox.
If the Send Immediately option is checked, then OE will TRY to send it
to the server immediately after writing it to the Oubox.. This may fail
for a variety of reasons, such as your Internet connection is down, or
the server is not responding in a timely manner. In that case, OE will
try again later when you either click the Send and Receive button, the
timer interval occurs if you've set Tools, Options, General, Check for
messages every xx minutes or you send another message.

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"Jack S" wrote in message
ink.net...

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
News posts, e-mail, or both?


I only use it for NG posts.



Tools | Options | Send. Is Send messages immediately checked?


Yes. And sometimes it sends immediately, and sometimes it saves them
to outbox.


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

"Jack S" wrote in message
nk.net...
On my computer, OE sometimes immeidately sends new posts, and
sometimes puts them in the outbox to send later.

Anyway to fix this so it always sends immediatley?

Also,

Dragon natural speaking doesn't work as well in OE as in other
programs.

At first it worked fine, but then for some reason the "-" stopped
working
for correction, and the the first letter of sentences stopped being
capitalized.

Anybody know what's going or how to fix it?






  #6  
Old April 12th 07, 11:28 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
i_takeuti
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Default OE problems


"Jack S" wrote in message
nk.net...
On my computer, OE sometimes immeidately sends new posts, and sometimes
puts them in the outbox to send later.

Anyway to fix this so it always sends immediatley?

Also,

Dragon natural speaking doesn't work as well in OE as in other programs.

At first it worked fine, but then for some reason the "-" stopped working
for correction, and the the first letter of sentences stopped being
capitalized.

Anybody know what's going or how to fix it?


  #7  
Old April 13th 07, 03:15 AM posted to microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
Jack S
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Default OE problems


"Michael Santovec" wrote in message
...
New posts (or e-mails for that matter) are always written to the Outbox.
If the Send Immediately option is checked, then OE will TRY to send it to
the server immediately after writing it to the Oubox.. This may fail for
a variety of reasons, such as your Internet connection is down, or the
server is not responding in a timely manner.


Hmm, good idea. Earthlink is giving poorer service every month..


In that case, OE will
try again later when you either click the Send and Receive button, the
timer interval occurs if you've set Tools, Options, General, Check for
messages every xx minutes or you send another message.

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"Jack S" wrote in message
ink.net...

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
News posts, e-mail, or both?


I only use it for NG posts.



Tools | Options | Send. Is Send messages immediately checked?


Yes. And sometimes it sends immediately, and sometimes it saves them to
outbox.


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

"Jack S" wrote in message
nk.net...
On my computer, OE sometimes immeidately sends new posts, and sometimes
puts them in the outbox to send later.

Anyway to fix this so it always sends immediatley?

Also,

Dragon natural speaking doesn't work as well in OE as in other
programs.

At first it worked fine, but then for some reason the "-" stopped
working
for correction, and the the first letter of sentences stopped being
capitalized.

Anybody know what's going or how to fix it?








 




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