Outlook express..

[Lee368]

Hello...



When I want to send mail..I have to reboot the computer before it will send
the mail. The tab is checked in options to "send mail immediately".
Any suggestions as to how I may fix this?

Thanks,

Lee

 

[Bruce Hagen]

Crossposted to Outlook Express General newsgroup.

When you press Send, does it go to the Outbox? Tools | Options |
Connections. Is Hang up after sending & Receiving checked? Uncheck it.

If still no joy, try these three possible fixes one at a time and test.

1: Turn off e-mail scanning in your anti-virus program. It is a redundant
layer of protection that eats up CPUs, slows down sending and receiving, and
causes a multitude of problems such as time-outs, account setting changes
and has even been responsible for lose of messages. Your up-to-date A/V
program will continue to protect you sufficiently. For more, see:
http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3

2: Create a new Outbox:

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 Outbox.dbx file and delete it. A new one will be
created automatically when you open OE.

3: You may have a damaged identity especially if it is the default Main
Identity. File | Identity | Add New Identity. Create a new one and test it.
If all is well, you can import your messages and Address Book from the old
identity and delete it.

How to Create and Use Identities in Outlook Express
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=209169

 

[Holz]

Hello...



When I want to send mail..I have to reboot the computer before it will
send the mail. The tab is checked in options to "send mail
immediately". Any suggestions as to how I may fix this?

Thanks,

Lee

Try a real mail program like Thunderbird, which has a backup option,
sorting grouping filters and searches.

 

[philo]

Hello...



When I want to send mail..I have to reboot the computer before it will
send
the mail. The tab is checked in options to "send mail immediately".
Any suggestions as to how I may fix this?

Thanks,

Lee

Try just hitting the send /recv tab after a minute or so

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Crossposted to OE General.

1a. Move any messages that you want to keep out of Sent Items and Deleted
Items folders and into other local OE folders you've created for archiving
(saving) such messages.

1b. Move 99% of your messages in your Inbox folder to other local OE
folders, too.

2. Write down the location of your identity's store
(http://www.insideoe.com/files/store.htm#storemain).

3a. Close OE.

3b. Did you close OE??

4. In Windows Explorer (WinKey+E), navigate to your store folder, find &
delete the files Outbox.dbx, Sent Items.dbx, and Deleted Items.dbx.

To avoid such problems in the future:

- Don't use Inbox or Sent Items to archive messages. Move them to local
folders created for this purpose.

- Empty Deleted Items folder daily.

- Disable Background Compacting [not available in SP2] and frequently
perform a manual compact of all OE folders while "working offline". More at
http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm

- WinXP SP2 only: Do not shut down your machine while Windows is
automatically compacting your message store.

- Disable email scanning by your anti-virus application. It can cause
corruption (i.e., loss of messages), it provides no additional protection,
and even Symantec says it's not necessary:

<QP>
Disabling Email Scanning does not leave you unprotected against viruses that
are distributed as email attachments. Norton AntiVirus Auto-Protect scans
incoming files as they are saved to your hard drive, including email and
email attachments. Email Scanning is just another layer on top of this. To
make sure that Auto-Protect is providing the maximum protection, keep
Auto-Protect enabled and run LiveUpdate regularly to ensure that you have
the most recent virus definitions.
</QP>
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/nav.nsf/docid/2002111812533106
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OE-specific newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002