can't delete email

[Chris]

in outlook express i can't delete individual emails or a
group of email after awhile. if i close everything and
boot back up it will let me for awhile.

 

[PA Bear]

Close OE. Find and delete Deleted Items in your Identity's store
(http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/files/store.htm#storemain).

Don't use Inbox or Sent Items to archive messages. Move them to local
folders created for this purpose. Disable Background Compacting and
frequently perform a manual compact of all OE folders while "working
offline". More at http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/files/maintain.htm.
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[Guest]

I have the same problem and have went everywhere to try and get it fixed. I've removed OE and re-installed it I've removed IE and re-installed it and no matter what I do it will not delete msgs. Isn't there some reason or some soulution to this??????????? The great Micro wizards in the sky should be able to answer this question..........Thanks Bill

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP]

I have the same problem and have went everywhere to try and get it
fixed. I've removed OE and re-installed it I've removed IE and
re-installed it and no matter what I do it will not delete msgs.
Isn't there some reason or some soulution to this??????????? The
great Micro wizards in the sky should be able to answer this
question..........Thanks Bill

Deleted Items is probably corrupt.
Go to Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store Folder and see where OE is
storing its data files.
Close OE.
Go to the store folder with Windows Explorer and delete Deleted Items.dbx.
With Win2K, WinXP and Win2K3 it will be a hidden file.
OE will build a new one when you reopen it.

If Deleted Items has messages you want to keep, instead of deleting it move
(not copy) it to an empty Windows folder. Then use DBXtract on the old
Deleted Items.dbx.
DBXtract (free): http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/
You can drag the recovered messages from the Windows folder back into an OE
folder in the Folder List in an open OE.

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