John said:
I tried sending (attaching) a file (CD with pictures). The e-mail was
rejected because of size. The file was sent to my "Sent E-mail" and now when
I go into my e-mail account, Outlook Express Freezes. I am unable to delete
file...tried to highlight to delete and Outlook Express gives a "Not
Responding". Unable to view any sent items. Suggestions and help
appreciated.
If the other mails in the Sent Items folder are not important, go to the
message store with OE ClOSED and delete sentitems.dbx. Note that .dbx
files are hidden files and you will have to configure Windows Explorer
to show hidden files. OE will recreate a new one when you open OE again
but all the sent messages will be gone. Or, you could try deleting it in
Safe Mode, although I can't say if that would work or not. I suspect you
will have to nuke Sent Items .dbx and live with losing the other messages.
Caveats:
Never store messages in the default folders such as Inbox, Sent Items,
etc. Create folders as sub folders under Folders for archiving purposes.
Never let .dbx files get larger than 100 MBs (as you can see with your
current problem, large .dbx files can be a disaster).
Compact regularly off line by clicking on Outlook Express at the top of
the folder tree and then File/work off line followed by
File/Folders/Compact all folders.
Use a better program such as Thunderbird or Outlook.
Alias
