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Spot January 11th 06 12:01 AM

Sent Items.dbx size
 
My sent items.dbx size is 4.1MB, but when I open outlook express, it is
empty. But if I open with notepad, I can see text from my previous sent
items. Can anyone help me about this. How can I restore my sent items?

Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE January 11th 06 12:25 AM

Sent Items.dbx size
 
"Spot" wrote in message

My sent items.dbx size is 4.1MB, but when I open outlook express, it
is empty. But if I open with notepad, I can see text from my previous
sent items. Can anyone help me about this. How can I restore my sent
items?


First click File | Work Offline.
Then click File | Folder | Compact All.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE
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Protect your PC
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Spot January 11th 06 12:41 AM

Sent Items.dbx size
 

Frank, I want to do the other way around, to retrieve that email, not
clearing the sent items. Is it possible?


"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE" wrote:

"Spot" wrote in message

My sent items.dbx size is 4.1MB, but when I open outlook express, it
is empty. But if I open with notepad, I can see text from my previous
sent items. Can anyone help me about this. How can I restore my sent
items?


First click File | Work Offline.
Then click File | Folder | Compact All.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE
Please respond in Newsgroup only. Do not send email
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Protect your PC
http://www.microsoft.com./athome/sec...t/default.aspx
http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/




Jim Pickering January 11th 06 01:46 AM

Sent Items.dbx size
 
The compacting will not do anything to stored messages, but with a file of
that size, it's most likely the file is corrupted. First make a copy of it
somewhere other than in the message store folder and download either
DBXpress (recommended) or DBXtract (much, much slower on a file of that
size) from www.oehelp.com

The compacting only recovers wasted space that the previously deleted
messages occupied. Do not use the computer for other tasks while compacting
or shut down Outlook Express or you risk losing all stored messages.
--
Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...8-1171988A62D6
Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
Thanks.


"Spot" wrote in message
...

Frank, I want to do the other way around, to retrieve that email, not
clearing the sent items. Is it possible?


"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE" wrote:

"Spot" wrote in message

My sent items.dbx size is 4.1MB, but when I open outlook express, it
is empty. But if I open with notepad, I can see text from my previous
sent items. Can anyone help me about this. How can I restore my sent
items?


First click File | Work Offline.
Then click File | Folder | Compact All.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE
Please respond in Newsgroup only. Do not send email
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Protect your PC
http://www.microsoft.com./athome/sec...t/default.aspx
http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/





jt3 January 11th 06 08:24 PM

Sent Items.dbx size
 
Surely 4 MB is not a dangerously large OE folder?

"Jim Pickering" wrote in message
...
The compacting will not do anything to stored messages, but with a file of
that size, it's most likely the file is corrupted. First make a copy of

it
somewhere other than in the message store folder and download either
DBXpress (recommended) or DBXtract (much, much slower on a file of that
size) from www.oehelp.com

The compacting only recovers wasted space that the previously deleted
messages occupied. Do not use the computer for other tasks while

compacting
or shut down Outlook Express or you risk losing all stored messages.
--
Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express

https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...8-1171988A62D6
Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
Thanks.


"Spot" wrote in message
...

Frank, I want to do the other way around, to retrieve that email, not
clearing the sent items. Is it possible?


"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE" wrote:

"Spot" wrote in message

My sent items.dbx size is 4.1MB, but when I open outlook express, it
is empty. But if I open with notepad, I can see text from my previous
sent items. Can anyone help me about this. How can I restore my sent
items?

First click File | Work Offline.
Then click File | Folder | Compact All.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE
Please respond in Newsgroup only. Do not send email
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Protect your PC
http://www.microsoft.com./athome/sec...t/default.aspx
http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/







Spot January 11th 06 08:26 PM

Sent Items.dbx size
 
I can't afford to buy DBXpress. Thanks for your advice.

"Jim Pickering" wrote:

The compacting will not do anything to stored messages, but with a file of
that size, it's most likely the file is corrupted. First make a copy of it
somewhere other than in the message store folder and download either
DBXpress (recommended) or DBXtract (much, much slower on a file of that
size) from www.oehelp.com

The compacting only recovers wasted space that the previously deleted
messages occupied. Do not use the computer for other tasks while compacting
or shut down Outlook Express or you risk losing all stored messages.
--
Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...8-1171988A62D6
Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
Thanks.


"Spot" wrote in message
...

Frank, I want to do the other way around, to retrieve that email, not
clearing the sent items. Is it possible?


"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE" wrote:

"Spot" wrote in message

My sent items.dbx size is 4.1MB, but when I open outlook express, it
is empty. But if I open with notepad, I can see text from my previous
sent items. Can anyone help me about this. How can I restore my sent
items?

First click File | Work Offline.
Then click File | Folder | Compact All.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE
Please respond in Newsgroup only. Do not send email
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Protect your PC
http://www.microsoft.com./athome/sec...t/default.aspx
http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/






Jim Pickering January 11th 06 08:27 PM

Sent Items.dbx size
 
"jt3" wrote in message
...
Surely 4 MB is not a dangerously large OE folder?


No 4 MB is not unusually large. I misread and thought the poster indicated
400 MB.
--
Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...8-1171988A62D6
Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
Thanks.




Steve Cochran January 11th 06 11:38 PM

Sent Items.dbx size
 
Well, if he's got a 4 meg dbx file with no messages in it according to OE,
its either uncompacted or its corrupted. If its corrupted, the compaction
may shrink it down (and erase all the messages in doing so).

steve

"jt3" wrote in message
...
Surely 4 MB is not a dangerously large OE folder?

"Jim Pickering" wrote in message
...
The compacting will not do anything to stored messages, but with a file
of
that size, it's most likely the file is corrupted. First make a copy of

it
somewhere other than in the message store folder and download either
DBXpress (recommended) or DBXtract (much, much slower on a file of that
size) from www.oehelp.com

The compacting only recovers wasted space that the previously deleted
messages occupied. Do not use the computer for other tasks while

compacting
or shut down Outlook Express or you risk losing all stored messages.
--
Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express

https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...8-1171988A62D6
Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
Thanks.


"Spot" wrote in message
...

Frank, I want to do the other way around, to retrieve that email, not
clearing the sent items. Is it possible?


"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE" wrote:

"Spot" wrote in message

My sent items.dbx size is 4.1MB, but when I open outlook express, it
is empty. But if I open with notepad, I can see text from my
previous
sent items. Can anyone help me about this. How can I restore my sent
items?

First click File | Work Offline.
Then click File | Folder | Compact All.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE
Please respond in Newsgroup only. Do not send email
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Protect your PC
http://www.microsoft.com./athome/sec...t/default.aspx
http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/








Steve Cochran January 11th 06 11:38 PM

Sent Items.dbx size
 
DBXtract should work on it, if its really got messages in it. Its only $5.

steve

"Spot" wrote in message
...
I can't afford to buy DBXpress. Thanks for your advice.

"Jim Pickering" wrote:

The compacting will not do anything to stored messages, but with a file
of
that size, it's most likely the file is corrupted. First make a copy of
it
somewhere other than in the message store folder and download either
DBXpress (recommended) or DBXtract (much, much slower on a file of that
size) from www.oehelp.com

The compacting only recovers wasted space that the previously deleted
messages occupied. Do not use the computer for other tasks while
compacting
or shut down Outlook Express or you risk losing all stored messages.
--
Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...8-1171988A62D6
Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
Thanks.


"Spot" wrote in message
...

Frank, I want to do the other way around, to retrieve that email, not
clearing the sent items. Is it possible?


"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE" wrote:

"Spot" wrote in message

My sent items.dbx size is 4.1MB, but when I open outlook express, it
is empty. But if I open with notepad, I can see text from my
previous
sent items. Can anyone help me about this. How can I restore my sent
items?

First click File | Work Offline.
Then click File | Folder | Compact All.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE
Please respond in Newsgroup only. Do not send email
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Protect your PC
http://www.microsoft.com./athome/sec...t/default.aspx
http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/







jt3 January 12th 06 07:00 PM

Sent Items.dbx size
 
Thanks. I have some up around 20 and was hoping they weren't unsafe. ;-)

"Jim Pickering" wrote in message
...
"jt3" wrote in message
...
Surely 4 MB is not a dangerously large OE folder?


No 4 MB is not unusually large. I misread and thought the poster

indicated
400 MB.
--
Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express

https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...8-1171988A62D6
Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
Thanks.







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