Since yesterday I am not receiving any new messages in OE6 (WinME).
Is there a total of messages kept in the "Local Folder?
If not, what could be the reason for "No new messages" in my Inbox?
My carrier is "Copper.Net".

Harry.

Move the messages and compact as per below. Send yourself a messages and see
if it works now.

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
Imperial Beach, CA

"webster72n" wrote in message
...
Since yesterday I am not receiving any new messages in OE6 (WinME).
Is there a total of messages kept in the "Local Folder?
If not, what could be the reason for "No new messages" in my Inbox?
My carrier is "Copper.Net".

Harry.

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
Move the messages and compact as per below. Send yourself a messages and
see
if it works now.

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
Imperial Beach, CA

Thank you Bruce, for now.
I will have to lean into this one and follow your instructions, step by
step.
When done, you'll get to know.

Harry.


"webster72n" wrote in message
...
Since yesterday I am not receiving any new messages in OE6 (WinME).
Is there a total of messages kept in the "Local Folder?
If not, what could be the reason for "No new messages" in my Inbox?
My carrier is "Copper.Net".

Harry.

Bruce,

the fault lies not with OE in the least, it is with my carrier.
They didn't delete my spam mail, even though I did this in OE.
That was filling my mailbox to capacity (25MB) and disallowing any more
incoming mail, which I wasn't aware of at all.
Now I'll have to wait and see what happens.

Harry.

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
Move the messages and compact as per below. Send yourself a messages and
see
if it works now.

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
Imperial Beach, CA

"webster72n" wrote in message
...
Since yesterday I am not receiving any new messages in OE6 (WinME).
Is there a total of messages kept in the "Local Folder?
If not, what could be the reason for "No new messages" in my Inbox?
My carrier is "Copper.Net".

Harry.

Well that sure will do it. w At least your carrier didn't give the
standard, "It's not our fault. It must be OE" response.

I still stand by what I posted as good practice for OE.

Glad you got it resolved.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA

"webster72n" wrote in message
...

Bruce,

the fault lies not with OE in the least, it is with my carrier.
They didn't delete my spam mail, even though I did this in OE.
That was filling my mailbox to capacity (25MB) and disallowing any more
incoming mail, which I wasn't aware of at all.
Now I'll have to wait and see what happens.

Harry.

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
Move the messages and compact as per below. Send yourself a messages and
see
if it works now.

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
Imperial Beach, CA

"webster72n" wrote in message
...
Since yesterday I am not receiving any new messages in OE6 (WinME).
Is there a total of messages kept in the "Local Folder?
If not, what could be the reason for "No new messages" in my Inbox?
My carrier is "Copper.Net".

Harry.

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
Well that sure will do it. w At least your carrier didn't give the
standard, "It's not our fault. It must be OE" response.

I still stand by what I posted as good practice for OE.

Except for "compacting", I'm practicing all of the recommended procedures.
Yes, I am also back in business, Bruce.
Thank you so very much. H.


Glad you got it resolved.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA

"webster72n" wrote in message
...

Bruce,

the fault lies not with OE in the least, it is with my carrier.
They didn't delete my spam mail, even though I did this in OE.
That was filling my mailbox to capacity (25MB) and disallowing any more
incoming mail, which I wasn't aware of at all.
Now I'll have to wait and see what happens.

Harry.

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
Move the messages and compact as per below. Send yourself a messages
and
see
if it works now.

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
Imperial Beach, CA

"webster72n" wrote in message
...
Since yesterday I am not receiving any new messages in OE6 (WinME).
Is there a total of messages kept in the "Local Folder?
If not, what could be the reason for "No new messages" in my Inbox?
My carrier is "Copper.Net".

Harry.

"webster72n" wrote in message
...

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
Well that sure will do it. w At least your carrier didn't give the
standard, "It's not our fault. It must be OE" response.

I still stand by what I posted as good practice for OE.

Except for "compacting", I'm practicing all of the recommended procedures.
Yes, I am also back in business, Bruce.
Thank you so very much. H.


You're welcome. If you don't compact, you will lose entire folders at some
point. Do as you wish, but please at least see these.

Why does OE insist on compacting folders when I close it?:
http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/why.htm#compact

Compacting your folders periodically is a must to keep OE functioning well
and at some point, you may lose all your saved messages if you don't. When
you delete, or move messages, the space they had used remains until you
compact.

See:
www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#2

About File Corruption:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/...orruption.mspx

With SP2, automatic background compacting was removed due to problems it
caused. Now you will get a prompt to compact after 100 OE closings, which
you should do, and don't touch anything until it has finished. See this for
more information:
http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm#compact

If you are fully patched, you will also now see a copy of your dbx files
being copied to the Recycle Bin as BAK files. Should something go awry when
compacting, the messages can easily be restored from this backup. A manual
compact will also reset the counter in the registry back to zero now.

For more info, see the information outlined in red he
www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#2
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA

After checking I find that I even did that, Bruce, but there still seems to
be an issue, since I don't show the full amount of emails in my OE inbox,
which may have something to do with deleting my entire spam mail and
hopefully not the entire folder, 'm in the process of checking it out.

Harry.


"webster72n" wrote in message
...

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
Well that sure will do it. w At least your carrier didn't give the
standard, "It's not our fault. It must be OE" response.

I still stand by what I posted as good practice for OE.

Except for "compacting", I'm practicing all of the recommended procedures.
Yes, I am also back in business, Bruce.
Thank you so very much. H.


Glad you got it resolved.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA

"webster72n" wrote in message
...

Bruce,

the fault lies not with OE in the least, it is with my carrier.
They didn't delete my spam mail, even though I did this in OE.
That was filling my mailbox to capacity (25MB) and disallowing any
more
incoming mail, which I wasn't aware of at all.
Now I'll have to wait and see what happens.

Harry.

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
Move the messages and compact as per below. Send yourself a messages
and
see
if it works now.

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
Imperial Beach, CA

"webster72n" wrote in message
...
Since yesterday I am not receiving any new messages in OE6 (WinME).
Is there a total of messages kept in the "Local Folder?
If not, what could be the reason for "No new messages" in my Inbox?
My carrier is "Copper.Net".

Harry.