[New Server]

About 50% of the time attachments do not arrive with the e-mail I am
SENDING. On checking "sent items" the paperclip is missing.
The recipients paperclip is also missing.
Can anybody help?

Many thnaks Howard

[Bruce Hagen]

Two possibilities come to mind. A damaged identity, or Sent Items folder.
Create a new identity and test it by sending to yourself. If that fixes it,
you can import your saved messages from the old ID and delete it.

For a damaged Sent Items folder, move any mail you want to save to a local
folder you create. 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} and delete it. A new one 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~

"New Server" <howardhuett@btconnect.com> wrote in message
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> About 50% of the time attachments do not arrive with the e-mail I am
> SENDING. On checking "sent items" the paperclip is missing.
> The recipients paperclip is also missing.
> Can anybody help?
>
> Many thnaks Howard
>