[Allen Grant]

All of a sudden my outgoing mail in OE6.0 is not working. I am in Windows
XP. I can receive incoming mail and can send and receive mail via my ISP
remote email site. Any suggestion as to what is wrong?

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Allen
<'\\\><
http://home.houston.rr.com/agrant/homepage2
I don't know it until I know it,
But when I know it, I know it.

[Kuay Tim]

Hi Allen,

This usually means the Outbox is damaged. Save any messages in the Outbox
you want to save (in another folder) and then...

To resolve this behavior, rename the Outbox.dbx file:
Close Outlook Express before renaming or deleting a DBX file.

Click Start, point to Find, and then click Files or Folders.
In the Named box, type Outbox.dbx.
In the Look in box, click your primary hard disk (usually drive C), and then
click Find Now. You may need to include hidden files and folders for your
search.
Right-click the Outbox.dbx file that appears, and then click Rename. It is
okay to delete the file instead.
Type Outbox.old, and then click OK.
Restart Outlook Express to rebuild the Outbox.dbx file, and then send a
message.

Open the Store Folder Alternative

1. In Outlook Express click on Tools, Options, Maintenance tab...Store
Folder.
2. Place the cursor at the left of the text of the path to the folder.
3. Drag the cursor to the right until the text scrolls to the end.
4. Right-click on the text and choose Copy.
5. In the Start, Run box right-click Paste. Click OK to open the store
folder.

Using Keyboard Shortcuts for the Open the Store Folder Alternative

An even easier method when opening that page is to use the Tab to
highlight the folder location, then Ctrl+C and close OE, then use Start/Run
and Ctrl+V. Same caveat about hidden files applies but can be easily
modified in Explorer by using Tools/Folder Options.
--
Keyboard tips courtesy of Jim Pickering, MVP-Outlook Express


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Tim K.
aka Kuay Tim
MS-MVP - (IE/OE)
Lynnwood, WA
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"Allen Grant" <allen-grant@houston.rr.com> wrote in message
news:uRJObjjZFHA.2756@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
All of a sudden my outgoing mail in OE6.0 is not working. I am in Windows
XP. I can receive incoming mail and can send and receive mail via my ISP
remote email site. Any suggestion as to what is wrong?

--


Allen
<'\\\><
http://home.houston.rr.com/agrant/homepage2
I don't know it until I know it,
But when I know it, I know it.

[Bruce Hagen]

Do you get an error message? If so, post it.

Other possibilities if you get no error message is a damaged Sent Items or
Outbox folder.

Move any mail from either folder you wish to save, then:

Tools>Options>Maintenance>Store folder will reveal the location
of your Outlook Express files. Press the Tab key to highlight the folder
location, then Ctrl+C. Close OE, then Start>Run>Ctrl+V will put the location
in the box - Click OK and you'll see the OE files. Otherwise, write the
location down and navigate to it in Windows Explorer.

In WindowsXP & 2K, the OE user files (DBX and WAB) are by default
marked as hidden. To view these files in Explorer, you must enable
Show Hidden Files and Folders under Start>Control Panel>Folder
Options>View.

With OE closed, find the DBX file for the folder in
question {Sent Items.dbx & Outbox.dbx} and delete them. New ones will be
created automatically when you open OE.

Do not archive mail in default OE folders. They will eventually
become corrupted. Create your own user defined folders for storing
mail and move your mail to them. Empty Deleted Items folder regularly.
Keep user created folders under 100MB, and Default folders as empty as
is feasible.

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.

In Tools>Options>Maintenance: Uncheck Compact messages in background
and leave it unchecked. {N/A if running XP/SP2}.

Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - (IE/OE)
~IB-CA~

"Allen Grant" <allen-grant@houston.rr.com> wrote in message
news:uRJObjjZFHA.2756@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> All of a sudden my outgoing mail in OE6.0 is not working. I am in Windows
> XP. I can receive incoming mail and can send and receive mail via my ISP
> remote email site. Any suggestion as to what is wrong?
>
> --
>
>
> Allen
> <'\\\><
> http://home.houston.rr.com/agrant/homepage2
> I don't know it until I know it,
> But when I know it, I know it.
>
>
>
>

[PA Bear]

Expand on "not working", please.
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~PA Bear

Allen Grant wrote:
> All of a sudden my outgoing mail in OE6.0 is not working. I am in Windows
> XP. I can receive incoming mail and can send and receive mail via my ISP
> remote email site. Any suggestion as to what is wrong?