And I assume you do not see a message in the Outbox?
Move most of your messages out of the Inbox and then create new Outbox
and Sent Items folders after you move any messages you wish to save to a
local folder you create.
Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store Folder will reveal the location of
your Outlook Express files. Write the location down and navigate to it
in Windows Explorer or, copy and paste it into Start | Run.
In WinXP, Win2K & Win2K3, the OE user files (DBX and WAB) are by default
marked as hidden. To view these files in Windows Explorer, you must
enable Show Hidden Files and Folders under Start | Control Panel |
Folder Options Icon | View, or in Windows Explorer | Tools | Folder
Options | View.
With OE closed, find the DBX files for the Outbox & Sent Items and
delete them. New ones will be created automatically when you open OE.
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.
General precautions for Outlook Express:
Do not archive mail in the Inbox or Sent Items. Create your own user
defined folders and move the messages you wish to save to them. Empty
Deleted Items folder daily. Although dbx files have a theoretical
capacity of 2GB, I recommend about a 300MB max for less chance of
corruption.
Information about the maximum file size of the .dbx files that are used
by Outlook Express:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=903095
Compact often as specified above.
In Tools | Options | Maintenance: Uncheck Compact messages in background
and leave it unchecked. {N/A if running XP/SP2}.
And backup often.
Outlook Express Quick Backup (OEQB Freeware)
http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA
PJ said:
Last night I started having problems sending email.
All seeting the same, shut down restart spoke with at@t. Getting
message You
have unsent message in your outbox Do you want to send them now? I
click yes
but keeps trying to send goes no where. Help
Ireally don't like using yahoo mail
