Hello, I was woundering do EO6 have a max MB size or is it the mail server.
I am asking because I got the message that the mail was to big, but it was
send anyway

This is for an outgoing message? Outlook Express doesn't care how large it
is, but your mail server may balk. What is the exact message?

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.

Backup & Resto
http://www.insideoe.com/backup/

This is a great two click program:

Outlook Express Quick Backup (OEQB)
http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"martin" wrote in message
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Hello, I was woundering do EO6 have a max MB size or is it the mail
server.
I am asking because I got the message that the mail was to big, but it was
send anyway

The maximum message size is set by both your mail service for sending
and the recipient's mail server for receiving. to get successfully
sent, the message size must be under both limits.

If the error said "over quota", that typically mean that the recipient's
server mail box is full or would be full if this message were accepted.

Did you get the error notice while sending or after sending did you get
a message back in your Inbox?

If it occurred while sending, the message should still be in your
Outbox.

If you get a error message back in the Inbox, then OE considered the
message successfully sent, but it did not get delivered.

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm



"martin" wrote in message
...
Hello, I was woundering do EO6 have a max MB size or is it the mail
server.
I am asking because I got the message that the mail was to big, but it
was send anyway