Message does not leave outbox but is sent many times

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Can any one help, going grey rapidly!
Message does not reach sent box but out box sends in repeatedly.
Error message displayed saying not sent but no details given!

We do not get details the green goes up to end then it says "Some errors
occurred while processing the requested tasks. Please review the errors below
for more details" but no details are listed. The item has been sent but is
still in the out box.
The item that always goes wrong has several attachments but it also will not
send a simple email.
Not all emails we send do this error, some go OK.

Anyone else had this.
No virus scan on outgoing message.
Firewall switched off.
Loads of memory on machine.



Why should I rate a post?

Create a new Outbox, and Sent Items folder.

Do the following for the Outbox, and Sent Items after you move any messages
you wish to save to a local folder you create.

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 and Sent Items.dbx file and delete them.
New files will be created automatically when you open OE.

To help prevent this in the futu

Do not archive mail in the Inbox or Sent Items. Create your own user defined
folders and move the messages you wish to save to them. Empty Deleted Items
folder daily. Although dbx files have a theoretical capacity of 2GB, I
recommend about a 300MB max for less chance of corruption.

Information about the maximum file size of the .dbx files that are used by
Outlook Express:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=903095

After you are done, follow up by compacting your folders manually while
working *offline* and do it often.

Click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree so no folders are
open. Then: File | Work Offline (or double click Working Online in the
Status Bar). File | Folder | Compact all folders. Don't touch anything until
the compacting is completed.

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

In Tools | Options | Maintenance: Uncheck Compact messages in background and
leave it unchecked. {N/A if running XP/SP2 or SP3}.
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Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"Sandimac" wrote in message
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Can any one help, going grey rapidly!
Message does not reach sent box but out box sends in repeatedly.
Error message displayed saying not sent but no details given!

We do not get details the green goes up to end then it says "Some errors
occurred while processing the requested tasks. Please review the errors
below
for more details" but no details are listed. The item has been sent but is
still in the out box.
The item that always goes wrong has several attachments but it also will
not
send a simple email.
Not all emails we send do this error, some go OK.

Anyone else had this.
No virus scan on outgoing message.
Firewall switched off.
Loads of memory on machine.



Why should I rate a post?

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).

3. Close OE.

4. In Windows Explorer, 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, adhere to the following 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.

- 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

PS: No one cares if you rate a post. And you wouldn't even see that option
if you accessed this and other MS newsgroups via NNTP in OE.
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002

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Can any one help, going grey rapidly!
Message does not reach sent box but out box sends in repeatedly.
Error message displayed saying not sent but no details given!

We do not get details the green goes up to end then it says "Some errors
occurred while processing the requested tasks. Please review the errors
below
for more details" but no details are listed. The item has been sent but is
still in the out box.
The item that always goes wrong has several attachments but it also will
not
send a simple email.
Not all emails we send do this error, some go OK.

Anyone else had this.
No virus scan on outgoing message.
Firewall switched off.
Loads of memory on machine.



Why should I rate a post?