Deleting old mail in outlook express

[Editor4120]

I cannot delete or move mail from inbox to deleted items folder in outlook
express. It says there is an error. CAn anyone help?

 

[Gordon]

I cannot delete or move mail from inbox to deleted items folder in outlook
express. It says there is an error. CAn anyone help?

This newsgroup is for support of Outlook
97/98/2000/2002/2003/2007 from the Office suite of products. Outlook
Express is actually a separate program despite the similar name.

For help with your OE questions, try an OE newsgroup such as
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress (for OE 6), or
an OE help website such as http://insideOE.tomsterdam.com. If you're
accessing the Microsoft newsgroups through the MS Product Support
Services "Community Newsgroups" web interface, click
http://www.microsoft.com/communitie...px?dg=microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general
Good luck!

 

[Vince Averello [MVP - Outlook]]

This newsgroup is for support of Outlook 97, 98, 2000, 2002, 2003 & 2007
from the Office family for Intel PCs. For Outlook Express (OE) & Windows
Live Mail support try posting in one of these newsgroups:
microsoft.public.inetexplorer.ie4.outlookexpress for OE 4.x
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie5.outlookexpress for OE 5.x
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie55.outlookexpress for OE 5.5x
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress for OE 6.x
microsoft.public.internet.mail.mac for the Macintosh version of OE
microsoft.public.windows.live.mail.desktop for Windows Live Mail

If those groups aren't carried on the news server that's carrying this group
try using msnews.microsoft.com (MS's public news server that's the source
for all the microsoft.public newsgroups).

Another good source of info can be found here:
http://www.insideoe.com/

 

[Hal Hostetler [MVP-P/I]]

You may have a corrupted mail folder. With luck, its the Deleted Items
folder, and not the folder you are trying to delete the messages from.

- Close Outlook Express.
- Locate the file "Deleted Items.dbx" (OE5+) in the mail directory and
delete or rename it. You can use 'Start|Find|Files or Folders', "Deleted
Items.??x" to find it. Under Windows 2000 and Windows XP, the file will be
hidden, you'll need to set Folder Options to show hidden/system files so
search can find it.
- Open Outlook Express again. It will create a new empty Deleted Items
folder.
- The same process will work for the Inbox folder, Inbox.DBX, should it be
the problem folder.

Hal
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