Let me try to simplify by only discussing one problem at a time:
1. There are folders in OE with no corresponding .dbx file in the Store
folder. If I do a search, the results show the missing .dbx to be in the
Store folder, but if I open the store folder in Windows Explorer it is not
displayed.
2. There are .dbx files without corresponding folders in OE. These are
folders that have been deleted in OE, but the .dbx file remains in the Store
folder.
3. Interestingly, all of the .dbx files in the Store folder contain the same
date 03/08/2007 which is, I believe, the last time I reinstalled Windows.
How and why is this happening? What can be done to realign the .dbx files in
the Store folder with the folders appearing in OE? OE seems to be functioning
OK and the emails are showing up in OE despite the fact that no .dbx file can
be viewed in Windows Explorer. There is only one Identity and one Identity
folder.
Windows XP SP3 with latest updates
Thank You
"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
Please state your full Windows version (e.g., WinXP SP3; Win2K SP4) when
posting to this newsgroup.
Following some instructions [from] here...
What instructions, where?
...Sent Itms folder...showed at 53MB for only 543 files (mostly very
small).
...Following some instructions fro here I moved all to a Temp file,
deleted the
Sent Items.dbx file and then moved all back from Temp to Sent Items.
WRONG! See below.
Now there is no Sent Items.dbx showing in Windows Explorer
Was OE closed when you started messing around in your message store folder?
Are you certain that you're looking in the correct message store folder (cf.
http://www.insideoe.com/files/store.htm#storemain)?
I also have a size problem with Inbox.dbx. There are only 42 messages
showing yet the size is 62MB.
See below.
General OE Caveats:
- Do NOT use Inbox or Sent Items to archive messages! Move the message to
local folders you've created for this purpose.
- Empty Deleted Items folder daily.
- Frequently perform a manual compact of all OE folders while "working
offline". More at http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm
- Do not cancel Automatic Compacting, should it occur, and do not attempt to
close OE via Task Manager or shutdown your machine if Automatic Compacting
is taking place.
- Disable email scanning by your anti-virus application. It can cause
corruption (i.e., loss of messages) and provides no additional protection:
Why you don't need your anti-virus to scan your email
http://thundercloud.net/infoave/tuto...ning/index.htm
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
daandehn wrote:
When I view the .dbx files in the Store folder there are some that have
been
previously deleted, but still showing. More improtantly, there are some
that
are current that have no .dbx file showing. I have my system set to view
hidden files. Why would some be hidden?
For example I was trying to reduce the size of the Sent Itms folder. It
origianlly showed at 53MB for only 543 files (mostly very small).
Following
some instructions fro here I moved all to a Temp file, deleted the Sent
Items.dbx file and then moved all back from Temp to Sent Items. Now there
is
no Sent Items.dbx showing in Windows Explorer. If I search for the file it
shows as in the Store folder with a size of 31MB (still way too large) but
I
cannot view it in Windoes Explorer.
I also have a size problem with Inbox.dbx. There are only 42 messages
showing yet the size is 62MB.
How to get this all straightened out. What shows in OE is what I want to
see, but the .dbx files really are a mismatch making it impossible to
backup.
Thanks in advance for your help.