In Outlook Express:
View -> Current View -> uncheck "Group Messages by Conversation"
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Good Luck,
Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
I have been posting everywhere looking for an answer, but nobody is
giving me
one. I thought it would be simple to fix, boy was I wrong. Thank you
for
you
time and I will check later and see if you come up with anything or I
will
post if I find the answer.
:
Quite unusual, I've never had a case where I've had inbounds mail
that
came in with the same subject line. If they aren't duplicates, then
I'm
not
sure what to suggest. If it didn't do this prior to your XP reset
then
it is
likely a setting within Outlook Express and not something related to
the
message stores. I'll mull it over and if I can think up something
else
that
might help, I'll repost. You might want to post over in the Outlook
Exp
newsgroup and see if someone there can give you a tip.
message
Yes, if mail is received and the subject name is the same as any
other
mail
received than the incoming mail will become a
sub-folder(sub-message)
of
an
earlier e-mail, not necessarily from the same person.
:
Worth checking, Thanks - If I understand your issue, it's that
new
received mail comes in and appears within sub-folders of Inbox &
not just 100% in the Inbox itself - is that correct ?
message
I check my inbox.dbx and there is only one listed and nothing
out
of the
order as I can see.
:
OK, that information helps. You may have some miss-matches
between the master mailbox store (Folders.Dbx) and your
individual folders. You need to locate your .Dbx's and check
the identifier. If OE creates new versions, you'll see items
in
the
listing like Inbox (1).dbx, instead of Inbox.dbx. You can use
search ( Advanced w/ System & Hidden) to locate your mail
storage files.
Actually, when redoing XP you don't have to "Import" your
original .dbx modules. What I do is have a folder called
Mailbox
and within it a sub-folder for each mail profile. This folder
is
on
a separate drive from XP. When I do a Image restore, the path
to my mail folders is on that secondary drive. Outlook Express
knows that for each mail profile (Identity), it's storage
folder
is
on that 2nd drive and it uses the content that's already
there.
Doing it this way, avoids the pitfalls with Importing &
duplicated
folders.
message
I deleted half my files and nothing changed. Reset means,
restored
my
computer to when I bought it. Can problem be when I
imported
my
messages?
:
Outlook Express, I will delete a lot of unneeded material
and
see
what
happens.
:
Which email client ? Outlook or Outlook Express.
It's early and I've not had enough coffee for my brain to
switch
on,
but it sounds like your "XP Reset -?" didn't correctly
re-establish
the data stores (.dbx or .pst) for your mail account. For
Inbox
to
have sub-folders usually requires a manual operation, not
done by
the email client itself.
You have to be careful with email data stores. They are
subject
to
corruption. Inbox is really a "Staging Area", to read and
then
move
messages to a permanent personal folder if you want to
keep
them.
Size of mail storage folders can be an issue, if they get
too
large
it
becomes more likely you'll have problems.
For Outlook Express you would want to do a folder
compression.
For Outlook, use the ScanPst.Exe on your personal folder
to
check
for any issues.
Data stores for mail is probably one of the most
frequently
required
"Backups". I actually have a batch file that runs
everyday
to
backup
all my mail account data to an alternate drive/folder.
"Joe Edwards" <
[email protected]>
wrote
in
message
I recently backed up all my files and then cleaned out
my
computer
and
reset
WindowsXp. Everything went fine and there is not a
large
problem
except
that
I get sub folders in my inbox. Meaning if anything
with
the
same
subject
line get put into the one mail entry. That would not
be
so bad
if
they
were
all from person, but in a lot of cases, the subject is
the
same,
but
the
person sending the mail is different. How can I manage
this?
Subfolders
meaning there is a little +box beside the mail entry.
Thank you in advance,
Joe
