Saved email in OE

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Bob Weber

My Outlook Express Ver 6 is only saving my copies of deleted and sent
messages for 60 days. How can I change that to 6 months?

Bob
 
Messages in Inbox or other mail folders disappear
http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/problems/bugs.htm#mailgone

The Other E-Mail Threat File Corruption in Outlook Express
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/community/columns/filecorruption.mspx

Messages in newsgroups disappear
http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/problems/bugs.htm#newsgone

Outlook Express e-mail messages are missing from the Inbox folder
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321505

Then follow some of this advice, especially the first one.

The following is quoted from....
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org

[[General OE Caveats:

- 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 [N/A in SP2] and frequently perform a manual
compact of all OE folders while "working offline". More at
http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm.

- Do not attempt to close OE via Task Manager or shutdown your machine if
Automatic Compacting is taking place (WinXP SP2 only).

- Your anti-virus application's email scanning feature can also cause
corruption. Disable it. It provides no additional protection. ]]

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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