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Inbox.dbx still big after removing mail??
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I have a problem where a client is using Outlook Express and her inbox.dbx is growing up to 1gb now. She has already experienced the problems where outlook compacts the inbox.dbx so it doesn't go over 1gb. E-mail have been recovered and everything is fine. I have created two subfolders 2005 & 2006. I have removed all of her 2005 mail from inbox.dbx and placed it into 2005.dbx and same for 2006 mail. This has reduced the the inbox by 3000 mails. However when I go into her Outlook Express path for her identity the inbox.dbx is still sized to 950mb. Why hasn't the inbox.dbx changed or resized to appropriate size? 2005.dbx is now 250mb 2006.dbx is now 340mb Any help is appreciated! Thank you, Darmin |
Inbox.dbx still big after removing mail??
go offline and manually compact
files folders compact all folders do not disturb the process until it completes waste space is not recovered in dbx files untill they are compacted -- -- -- -- -- -- Adaware http://www.lavasoft.de spybot http://www.safer-networking.org AVG free antivirus http://free.grisoft.com/ Etrust/Vet/CA.online Antivirus scan http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx Super Antispyware http://www.superantispyware.com/ Panda online AntiVirus scan http://www.activescan.com Panda online AntiSpyware Scan http://www.pandasoftware.com/virus_info/spyware/test/ Catalog of removal tools (1) http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/utilities/ Catalog of removal tools (2) http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/n...aspx?CID=40387 Trouble Shooting guide to Windows http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/ Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts file http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm links provided as a courtesy, read all instructions on the pages before use Grateful thanks to the authors/webmasters _ wrote in message ps.com... Hello, I have a problem where a client is using Outlook Express and her inbox.dbx is growing up to 1gb now. She has already experienced the problems where outlook compacts the inbox.dbx so it doesn't go over 1gb. E-mail have been recovered and everything is fine. I have created two subfolders 2005 & 2006. I have removed all of her 2005 mail from inbox.dbx and placed it into 2005.dbx and same for 2006 mail. This has reduced the the inbox by 3000 mails. However when I go into her Outlook Express path for her identity the inbox.dbx is still sized to 950mb. Why hasn't the inbox.dbx changed or resized to appropriate size? 2005.dbx is now 250mb 2006.dbx is now 340mb Any help is appreciated! Thank you, Darmin |
Inbox.dbx still big after removing mail??
Once the Inbox is completely empty, you can close OE then locate inbox.dbx
in the store folder and delete it. It will be recreated when you bring OE back up. wrote in message ps.com... Hello, I have a problem where a client is using Outlook Express and her inbox.dbx is growing up to 1gb now. She has already experienced the problems where outlook compacts the inbox.dbx so it doesn't go over 1gb. E-mail have been recovered and everything is fine. I have created two subfolders 2005 & 2006. I have removed all of her 2005 mail from inbox.dbx and placed it into 2005.dbx and same for 2006 mail. This has reduced the the inbox by 3000 mails. However when I go into her Outlook Express path for her identity the inbox.dbx is still sized to 950mb. Why hasn't the inbox.dbx changed or resized to appropriate size? 2005.dbx is now 250mb 2006.dbx is now 340mb Any help is appreciated! Thank you, Darmin |
Inbox.dbx still big after removing mail??
OE will place backup files (.bak) in the Recycle Bin before compacting a
folder. After the successfully compacting the OE folders, create a backup. http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx Delete the .bak files from the Recycle Bin. -- Ronald Sommer "AlmostBob" wrote in message ... : go offline and manually compact : files : folders : compact all folders : : do not disturb the process until it completes : waste space is not recovered in dbx files untill they are compacted : : -- : -- -- -- -- -- : Adaware http://www.lavasoft.de : spybot http://www.safer-networking.org : AVG free antivirus http://free.grisoft.com/ : Etrust/Vet/CA.online Antivirus scan : http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx : Super Antispyware http://www.superantispyware.com/ : Panda online AntiVirus scan http://www.activescan.com : Panda online AntiSpyware Scan : http://www.pandasoftware.com/virus_info/spyware/test/ : Catalog of removal tools (1) : http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/utilities/ : Catalog of removal tools (2) : http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/n...aspx?CID=40387 : Trouble Shooting guide to Windows http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/ : Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts file : http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm : links provided as a courtesy, read all instructions on the pages before : use : Grateful thanks to the authors/webmasters : _ : wrote in message : ps.com... : Hello, : : I have a problem where a client is using Outlook Express and her : inbox.dbx is growing up to 1gb now. She has already experienced the : problems where outlook compacts the inbox.dbx so it doesn't go over : 1gb. E-mail have been recovered and everything is fine. : : I have created two subfolders 2005 & 2006. I have removed all of her : 2005 mail from inbox.dbx and placed it into 2005.dbx and same for 2006 : mail. This has reduced the the inbox by 3000 mails. However when I : go into her Outlook Express path for her identity the inbox.dbx is : still sized to 950mb. : : Why hasn't the inbox.dbx changed or resized to appropriate size? : : 2005.dbx is now 250mb : 2006.dbx is now 340mb : : Any help is appreciated! : : Thank you, : Darmin : : : |
Inbox.dbx still big after removing mail??
darmin.memisevic wrote in message
ps.com... I have a problem where a client is using Outlook Express and her inbox.dbx is growing up to 1gb now. She has already experienced the problems where outlook compacts the inbox.dbx so it doesn't go over 1gb. E-mail have been recovered and everything is fine. I have created two subfolders 2005 & 2006. I have removed all of her 2005 mail from inbox.dbx and placed it into 2005.dbx and same for 2006 mail. This has reduced the the inbox by 3000 mails. However when I go into her Outlook Express path for her identity the inbox.dbx is still sized to 950mb. Why hasn't the inbox.dbx changed or resized to appropriate size? 2005.dbx is now 250mb 2006.dbx is now 340mb You'll have to compact again after the move. The move will delete the original item from the source folder. That doesn't remove the physical space occupied by that item in the .dbx file. The file has merely been marked as deleted. To physically remove the delete-marked items, you have to purge them, and that requires compaction in OE. |
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