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PA Bear [MS MVP]
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Re: Outbox won't stop trying to send
PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote:
> [x-post to OE General]
>
> How does this pertain to Windows Update?
>
> =================
>
> 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:
>
> - 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 shut down your machine while Windows is automatically compacting
> your message store.
>
> - Disable email scanning by your anti-virus application. It can cause
> corruption (i.e., loss of messages), it provides no additional protection,
> and even Symantec says it's not necessary:
>
> <QP>
> Disabling Email Scanning does not leave you unprotected against viruses
> that
> are distributed as email attachments. Norton AntiVirus Auto-Protect scans
> incoming files as they are saved to your hard drive, including email and
> email attachments. Email Scanning is just another layer on top of this. To
> make sure that Auto-Protect is providing the maximum protection, keep
> Auto-Protect enabled and run LiveUpdate regularly to ensure that you have
> the most recent virus definitions.
> </QP>
> http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/nav.nsf/docid/2002111812533106
>
> slbwalker50 wrote:
>> In Outlook Express, one recent message failed to send, and went into my
>> outbox instead. Since yesterday, it has been trying to send, and it has
>> stopped all other messages from coming in or going out. I cannot delete
>> it,
>> no matter what I try. Any suggestions?
PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote:
> [x-post to OE General]
>
> How does this pertain to Windows Update?
>
> =================
>
> 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:
>
> - 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 shut down your machine while Windows is automatically compacting
> your message store.
>
> - Disable email scanning by your anti-virus application. It can cause
> corruption (i.e., loss of messages), it provides no additional protection,
> and even Symantec says it's not necessary:
>
> <QP>
> Disabling Email Scanning does not leave you unprotected against viruses
> that
> are distributed as email attachments. Norton AntiVirus Auto-Protect scans
> incoming files as they are saved to your hard drive, including email and
> email attachments. Email Scanning is just another layer on top of this. To
> make sure that Auto-Protect is providing the maximum protection, keep
> Auto-Protect enabled and run LiveUpdate regularly to ensure that you have
> the most recent virus definitions.
> </QP>
> http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/nav.nsf/docid/2002111812533106
>
> slbwalker50 wrote:
>> In Outlook Express, one recent message failed to send, and went into my
>> outbox instead. Since yesterday, it has been trying to send, and it has
>> stopped all other messages from coming in or going out. I cannot delete
>> it,
>> no matter what I try. Any suggestions?