Folders, Deleted and Inbox folders - if I delete them, will OE 6 recreate
them? TIA for suggestions,

Yes, but have you compacted yet? Do that first and then check the sizes.

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.

If you still need to delete them, do it with OE closed and new folders will
be created when you open OE. All messages will be lost unless you move then
first. Please read this about Folders.dbx.

Consequences of deleting Folders.dbx:
http://www.insideoe.com/files/store.htm#deldbx
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Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"RobF" wrote in message
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Folders, Deleted and Inbox folders - if I delete them, will OE 6 recreate
them? TIA for suggestions,

Why do you ask?

General OE Caveats:

- Don't use Inbox or Sent Items to archive messages. Move them to local
folders created for this purpose.

- Empty Deleted Items folder daily.

- Disable Background Compacting [removed in WinXP SP2] and frequently
perform a manual compact of all OE folders while "working offline". More at
http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm

- WinXP SP2 only: Do not cancel Automatic Compacting, should it occur, and
do not attempt to close OE via Task Manager or shutdown your machine if
Automatic Compacting is taking place.

- Disable email scanning by your anti-virus application. It can cause
corruption (i.e., loss of messages), it provides no additional protection,
and even Symantec says it's not necessary:

QP
Disabling Email Scanning does not leave you unprotected against viruses that
are distributed as email attachments. Norton AntiVirus Auto-Protect scans
incoming files as they are saved to your hard drive, including email and
email attachments. Email Scanning is just another layer on top of this. To
make sure that Auto-Protect is providing the maximum protection, keep
Auto-Protect enabled and run LiveUpdate regularly to ensure that you have
the most recent virus definitions.
/QP
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...02111812533106
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/


RobF wrote:
Folders, Deleted and Inbox folders - if I delete them, will OE 6 recreate
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Many thanks, Bruce and PA. Very useful info and links.
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RobF
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YW & thanks for your feedback.

RobF wrote:
Many thanks, Bruce and PA. Very useful info and links.

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Folders, Deleted and Inbox folders - if I delete them, will OE 6 recreate
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