"Kirk" wrote in message
.uk...
originally posted to the WinXp support group,but I realise this may be a
more suitable group, now I have found it..
I have win XP with Outlook Express installed. v6.0.0.2900 2180

and the problem is that I had a power cut whilst using the PC a couple of
weeks ago, and whilst everything seems to have recovered fine, OE is
corrupt
somewhere, because when I send an email , it sends OK, but stays in the
OUTBOX... when the send and receive button is pressed , a second copy is
sent, ad infinitum.
Watching the progress bar it moves completely to the right- and stops
there.
I have used the control panel to access the WinXP setup and removed OE6
and
re-installed it - still a problem. I've run scandisk, etc without a
problem..
What on earth is corrupt and where please?
Thanks a lot for any reply.



The Outbox is probably corrupt.
Go to Tools | Options | Maintenance and see where OE is storing its files.
Close OE.
Go there with Windows Explorer and delete Outbox.dbx. With Win2K and WinXP
it will be a hidden file.
OE will create a new one when you reopen it.

If you think the Outbox may have messages you want to recover, instead of
deleting it, move, not copy, it to an empty Windows folder and then use
DBXtract to recover the messages.
DBXtract ($5): http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Answer in newsgroup. Don't send mail.