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Hi there,
I'm having some trouble with Outlook Express 6 running on Windows XP pro. The problem has just started happening for some unknown reason. What happens is that Outlook seems to be operating normally downloading and sending mail but when it downloads emails, whilst the INBOX seems to display a number that indicates new emails have been received, I cannot see any new emails actually in the INBOX. The spam folder seems to be filling up nicely though! Does anyone know what Outlook is doing with the emails I actually need! Many thanks all Paul Miller |
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millermixing wrote:
I'm having some trouble with Outlook Express 6 running on Windows XP pro. The problem has just started happening for some unknown reason. What happens is that Outlook seems to be operating normally downloading and sending mail but when it downloads emails, whilst the INBOX seems to display a number that indicates new emails have been received, I cannot see any new emails actually in the INBOX. The spam folder seems to be filling up nicely though! Does anyone know what Outlook is doing with the emails I actually need! Many thanks all Have you checked view setting for folders? -- Regards Arkadiusz 'Black Fox' Artyszuk |
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Do not say Outlook when you mean Outlook Express. They are two different
programs. View | Current View. Is Show All Messages checked and nothing else? If that is OK, then your Inbox has probably become corrupted by heavy volume and lack of compacting. Create your own local folder(s) and move all the messages you wish to save out of the Inbox and then delete it and follow up with a compact all folders. Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store Folder will reveal the location of your Outlook Express files. 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 {Inbox.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}. And backup often. Outlook Express Quick Backup (OEQB): http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP Outlook Express Imperial Beach, CA "millermixing" wrote in message ... Hi there, I'm having some trouble with Outlook Express 6 running on Windows XP pro. The problem has just started happening for some unknown reason. What happens is that Outlook seems to be operating normally downloading and sending but when it downloads emails, whilst the INBOX seems to display a number that indicates new emails have been received, I cannot see any new emails actually in the INBOX. The spam folder seems to be filling up nicely though! Does anyone know what Outlook is doing with the emails I actually need! Many thanks all Paul Miller |
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Paul Miller "millermixing" wrote in
message ... I'm having some trouble with Outlook Express 6 running on Windows XP pro. The problem has just started happening for some unknown reason. What happens is that Outlook seems to be operating normally downloading and sending but when it downloads emails, whilst the INBOX seems to display a number that indicates new emails have been received, I cannot see any new emails actually in the INBOX. The spam folder seems to be filling up nicely though! Does anyone know what Outlook is doing with the emails I actually need! Many 1. You would probably appreciate mail screening software that lets you delete (or bounce) spam at the ISP server, and not download it at all (and build up if you like a friends list and a black list for automatic deletion.) I use and recommend Mailwasher from www.firetrust.com 2. OE / Tools / Options lets you customize email software. Mine does not report the number of "new emails" -- only the total number and the number unread (i.e. not yet viewed for X seconds, this number set in / Tools / Options.) -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) |
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