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OE. No Messages in Folder, yet DBX file says its 13MB!

  • 19-02-2005 11:45pm
    #1
    DMC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,726 ✭✭✭✭


    Yes, a curious one.... and I am still using Outlook Express. OE 6, XP Pro SP2.

    I have several folders in OE open, as sub folders of the Inbox, and these have started to grow and grow over the years. Now, when I click on some of the folders, there are no messages displayed. In the corner it says "0 Message(s), 0 unread". Yet, the DBX file in the store folder in windows reports the correct size, in this case 13MB. I have larger folders, and they are the same. Other folders, such as Inbox are OK and viewable.

    Annie eye dears?


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  • #2
    Raam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,317 ✭✭✭✭Raam


    does compacting the mailbox make any difference? I don't where the option is in OE, but there should be one somewhere.

    KR


  • #3
    Random
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,080 ✭✭✭✭Random


    Your mail folder is empty, yes?


  • #4
    [Deleted User]
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    As King Raam said, compacting should help out. In the folder pane, click the Outlook Express icon at the top of the tree so no folder (e.g. Inbox, Outbox etc) is selected. Now click File > Folder > Compact All Folders. Now wait for this to finish and don't do anything on the machine until its done.

    This is needed because when you delete a message, OE doesn't actually remove the message from the database, it merely flags it for deletion, like many other database programs. The message is only deleted when the DB is compacted.


  • #5
    DMC
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    I shall give it a whirl later. Thanks :)


  • #6
    DMC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,726 ✭✭✭✭DMC


    No, I'm afraid the same occurs after compacting. It has actually decreased that one folder to 137kb, when it was full with 13MB. :(


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  • #7
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Is it that when you store messages in the folder they simply disappear?

    I encountered this problem in a school once, the principal's laptop couldn't store any messages, they'd download but then be deleted immediately. I later found that the problem was caused by McAfee. Removed it and the problems stopped.


  • #8
    DMC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,726 ✭✭✭✭DMC


    No, not quite that... I have message rules setup for them to go into certain folders, and then, I was presented with that.

    Those messages appear to be gone now so, ah well. :(


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