OE and local folders

HELP!
I drafted an email in OE with several attachments, this email is now in the
local folder (outbox) but I cannot delete it, obvioulsy as the email is to
big, due to the attachments. Everytime, I try to go into this folder, my
laptop hangs for 15 mins and I cannot delete it. Is there anyway I can get
rid of this email instead of re-booting my laptop from scratch

What I would do (and have done), is to close OE, then click on Start/Search
and search for Outbox.dbx Once you find it, just delete it. It will be
recreated the next time you start up OE.


"Andy T" Andy wrote in message
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HELP!
I drafted an email in OE with several attachments, this email is now in
the
local folder (outbox) but I cannot delete it, obvioulsy as the email is to
big, due to the attachments. Everytime, I try to go into this folder, my
laptop hangs for 15 mins and I cannot delete it. Is there anyway I can get
rid of this email instead of re-booting my laptop from scratch

"Andy T" Andy wrote in message
...
HELP!
I drafted an email in OE with several attachments, this email is now in
the
local folder (outbox) but I cannot delete it, obvioulsy as the email is to
big, due to the attachments. Everytime, I try to go into this folder, my
laptop hangs for 15 mins and I cannot delete it. Is there anyway I can get
rid of this email instead of re-booting my laptop from scratch

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/

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