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

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

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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

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.
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"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
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: use
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: 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
:
:
:

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
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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

I had the same problem : I think the problem is caused by the work area
allotted by OE: if the size of any folder goes beyond 1gb, it does not
compact. I emptied the folder completely by moving into thre or four other
folders, and compacted the completely empty inbox. It then compacted to
minimum, and I move back what I wanted.

wrote:
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

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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.