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Hi Folks -
This just started happening, with no changes made on my part. When I go to send an email, it goes to the Outbox when I hit "Send" as it should, but never leaves the Outbox to move to the Sent Items folder after it's been sent. Yes, I know it's going out, because some folks told me that got the email five times (I thought it wasn't going anywhere, so I kept reopening the item in the Outbox and resending), and I tried sending it to another account of mine, and sure enough, it is going out. Yes, the "Save Copy of sent messages in the 'Sent Items" folder" is checked, as it always has been. Again, this just started happening yesterday, with no configuration changes made by me. Any ideas as to where to look or what to do would be appreciated. Thanks |
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Do the following for the Outbox, and if the problem persists, repeat for
Sent Items after you move any messages you wish to save to a local folder you create. 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 or, copy and paste it into Start | Run. 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 {Outbox.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}. -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP Outlook Express Imperial Beach, CA "gthauberger" wrote in message ... Hi Folks - This just started happening, with no changes made on my part. When I go to send an email, it goes to the Outbox when I hit "Send" as it should, but never leaves the Outbox to move to the Sent Items folder after it's been sent. Yes, I know it's going out, because some folks told me that got the email five times (I thought it wasn't going anywhere, so I kept reopening the item in the Outbox and resending), and I tried sending it to another account of mine, and sure enough, it is going out. Yes, the "Save Copy of sent messages in the 'Sent Items" folder" is checked, as it always has been. Again, this just started happening yesterday, with no configuration changes made by me. Any ideas as to where to look or what to do would be appreciated. Thanks |
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