Forum: Outlook Express
December 7th 09, 01:51 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
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Replies: 8
Views: 495
OE hung while compacting messages
I usually backup my OE messages every month, but this month I was a little
delayed. I remember being advised of a 100K limit on my folders, so I've
always kept them below that size, . It's...
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Forum: Outlook Express
December 7th 09, 01:51 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
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Replies: 8
Views: 495
OE hung while compacting messages
I usually backup my OE messages every month, but this month I was a little
delayed. I remember being advised of a 100K limit on my folders, so I've
always kept them below that size, . It's...
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Forum: Outlook Express
December 6th 09, 11:48 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
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Replies: 0
Views: 177
OE hung while compacting messages
Last night, I got a message saying the OE was going to compact message
folders. I left the computer on and went to bed. This morning it still had
not finished compacting the folders and the whole...
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Forum: Outlook Express
December 6th 09, 11:48 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
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Replies: 8
Views: 495
OE hung while compacting messages
Last night, I got a message saying the OE was going to compact message
folders. I left the computer on and went to bed. This morning it still had
not finished compacting the folders and the whole...
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Forum: Outlook Express
April 27th 09, 06:44 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
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Replies: 6
Views: 542
Error message while compacting folders
I just did it again (I was compacting manually) and this time I didn't get
the error message. You must have fixed it when I wasn't looking! :-)
Mary Ann
"Bruce Hagen" wrote:
Are you...
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Forum: Outlook Express
April 27th 09, 06:44 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
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Replies: 6
Views: 542
Error message while compacting folders
I just did it again (I was compacting manually) and this time I didn't get
the error message. You must have fixed it when I wasn't looking! :-)
Mary Ann
"Bruce Hagen" wrote:
Are you...
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Forum: Outlook Express
April 27th 09, 05:03 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
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Replies: 0
Views: 253
Error message while compacting folders
I am trying to compact all my folder in OE6 and it appears to work up until
the very end when I get the following error message: "This folder is
currently in use by Outlook Express." The only...
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Forum: Outlook Express
April 27th 09, 05:03 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
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Replies: 6
Views: 542
Error message while compacting folders
I am trying to compact all my folder in OE6 and it appears to work up until
the very end when I get the following error message: "This folder is
currently in use by Outlook Express." The only...
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Forum: Outlook Express
November 4th 08, 01:48 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
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Replies: 3
Views: 593
Shared contacts versus identity contacts
I use mainly two different identities but the contacts have almost no
overlap, so I prefer to keep 99% of my contacts in the identity. Thanks for
the idea of dragging the email addresses - I never...
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Forum: Outlook Express
November 3rd 08, 03:07 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
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Replies: 3
Views: 593
Shared contacts versus identity contacts
I don't understand the difference between the 'shared contacts' in my address
book and the contacts I see under each identity. What I do know is that
sometimes when I add a new contact to my...
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Forum: Outlook Express
July 25th 08, 04:01 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
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Replies: 32
Views: 3,400
Posting to this newsgroup
Thanks. Will try that. (And I'll suggest that they include that information
in the FAQ's).
"Bruce Hagen" wrote:
The Web interface is a piece of crap. Use Outlook Express as your newsreader
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Forum: Outlook Express
July 25th 08, 04:00 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
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Replies: 32
Views: 3,400
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Forum: Outlook Express
July 25th 08, 03:20 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
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Replies: 32
Views: 3,400
Posting to this newsgroup
You're right. I didn't ask it clearly - why can't I post to the group most
of the time? Instead, when I click on 'new' and then 'question', nothing
happens.
"Tom [Pepper] Willett" wrote:
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Forum: Outlook Express
July 25th 08, 02:56 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
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Replies: 32
Views: 3,400
Posting to this newsgroup
Often when I try and post a new question, I cannot do so. I'm signed in, I
click on 'new' and then 'question' and nothing happens. Today it worked -
I'm happy! But, I've been dying to ask this...
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Forum: Outlook Express
April 25th 06, 01:50 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
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Replies: 6
Views: 843
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Forum: Outlook Express
April 25th 06, 12:21 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
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Replies: 6
Views: 843
Active X content and Security Controls
Thanks for the fix. I don't understand why I should set it back afterwards.
I'd just like to leave it as you've stated so I don't get these messages in
the future, which I seem to get when copying...
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Forum: Outlook Express
April 25th 06, 11:54 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
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Replies: 6
Views: 843
Active X content and Security Controls
Often when I am trying to cut and paste into an email, I get the following
message:
'Your current security settings prohibit running ActiveX controls on this
page. As a result, the page may not...
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Forum: Outlook Express
March 10th 06, 06:16 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
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Replies: 8
Views: 543
Old files in OE
Okay, I did as you suggested, deleting the dbx files that I don't need. Then
I compacted the folders. I noticed that I neglected to delete one of the old
dbx files and it's still there after...
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Forum: Outlook Express
March 10th 06, 05:28 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
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Replies: 8
Views: 543
Old files in OE
But what's it doing there in the first place?
"Bruce Hagen" wrote:
On the dbx file: Right click | Delete.
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Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~
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Forum: Outlook Express
March 10th 06, 05:28 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
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Replies: 8
Views: 543
Old files in OE
"Bruce Hagen" wrote:
On the dbx file: Right click | Delete.
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Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~
"Mary Ann B."...
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Forum: Outlook Express
March 10th 06, 05:09 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
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Replies: 8
Views: 543
Old files in OE
I noticed that when I make a backup of my OE files, there are dbx files for
folders that I deleted long ago. How do I get rid of them?
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