Messages stuck in Outbox in Outlook Express

[Guest bjkrist]

Sorry, this is a correction on my previous post of "mail stuck in Outlook

Express "Inbox". I'm trying to help my brother with this problem and

mis-understood his problem. When he tries to send an email, the screen says

"sending 1 of 7 messages " and no messages ever leave the Outbox. There is

never a timeout and the screen just locks up and never changes. Thanks for

your help.

[Guest Alias]

Re: Messages stuck in Outbox in Outlook Express

 

bjkrist wrote:

> Sorry, this is a correction on my previous post of "mail stuck in Outlook

> Express "Inbox". I'm trying to help my brother with this problem and

> mis-understood his problem. When he tries to send an email, the screen says

> "sending 1 of 7 messages " and no messages ever leave the Outbox. There is

> never a timeout and the screen just locks up and never changes. Thanks for

> your help.

 

Close OE. Go to the message store and nuke the Outbox.dbx. OE will

recreat a new one when it's opened again.

 

Alias

[Guest Bruce Hagen]

Re: Messages stuck in Outbox in Outlook Express

 

Please stick to one thread.

 

Open the Outbox and see if they will delete or move after checking: File |

Work Offline & View | Layout: Uncheck the Preview Pane.

 

If not:

 

Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store Folder will reveal the location of

your Outlook Express files. Write the location down and navigate to it in

Windows Explorer.

 

In Windows XP, 2K & 2K3, 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 Outbox.dbx and delete it. A new,

empty 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 Outlook Express

Imperial Beach, CA

 

 

"bjkrist" <bjkrist@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:294C7769-3F2B-41BE-8DA7-F9384937E6E5@microsoft.com...

> Sorry, this is a correction on my previous post of "mail stuck in Outlook

> Express "Inbox". I'm trying to help my brother with this problem and

> mis-understood his problem. When he tries to send an email, the screen

> says

> "sending 1 of 7 messages " and no messages ever leave the Outbox. There is

> never a timeout and the screen just locks up and never changes. Thanks for

> your help.

[Guest bjkrist]

Re: Messages stuck in Outbox in Outlook Express

 

 

 

"Alias" wrote:

> bjkrist wrote:

> > Sorry, this is a correction on my previous post of "mail stuck in Outlook

> > Express "Inbox". I'm trying to help my brother with this problem and

> > mis-understood his problem. When he tries to send an email, the screen says

> > "sending 1 of 7 messages " and no messages ever leave the Outbox. There is

> > never a timeout and the screen just locks up and never changes. Thanks for

> > your help.

>

> Close OE. Go to the message store and nuke the Outbox.dbx. OE will

> recreat a new one when it's opened again.

>

> Alias

>

Thanks. I think you are really on track, but I don't know what you mean by

"nuke" the Outbox .dbx. I think what you are saying is to simply delete the

Outbox from the list of shown functions such as "Inbox", "Drafts" etc. then

it will be re-created the next time it sends out an email. Thanks.

[Guest Bruce Hagen]

Re: Messages stuck in Outbox in Outlook Express

 

See my more detailed reply.

--

Bruce Hagen

MS-MVP Outlook Express

Imperial Beach, CA

 

 

"bjkrist" <bjkrist@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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>

>

> "Alias" wrote:

>

>> bjkrist wrote:

>> > Sorry, this is a correction on my previous post of "mail stuck in

>> > Outlook

>> > Express "Inbox". I'm trying to help my brother with this problem and

>> > mis-understood his problem. When he tries to send an email, the screen

>> > says

>> > "sending 1 of 7 messages " and no messages ever leave the Outbox. There

>> > is

>> > never a timeout and the screen just locks up and never changes. Thanks

>> > for

>> > your help.

>>

>> Close OE. Go to the message store and nuke the Outbox.dbx. OE will

>> recreat a new one when it's opened again.

>>

>> Alias

>>

> Thanks. I think you are really on track, but I don't know what you mean by

> "nuke" the Outbox .dbx. I think what you are saying is to simply delete

> the

> Outbox from the list of shown functions such as "Inbox", "Drafts" etc.

> then

> it will be re-created the next time it sends out an email. Thanks.

[Guest Alias]

Re: Messages stuck in Outbox in Outlook Express

 

bjkrist wrote:

>

> "Alias" wrote:

>

>> bjkrist wrote:

>>> Sorry, this is a correction on my previous post of "mail stuck in Outlook

>>> Express "Inbox". I'm trying to help my brother with this problem and

>>> mis-understood his problem. When he tries to send an email, the screen says

>>> "sending 1 of 7 messages " and no messages ever leave the Outbox. There is

>>> never a timeout and the screen just locks up and never changes. Thanks for

>>> your help.

>> Close OE. Go to the message store and nuke the Outbox.dbx. OE will

>> recreat a new one when it's opened again.

>>

>> Alias

>>

> Thanks. I think you are really on track, but I don't know what you mean by

> "nuke" the Outbox .dbx. I think what you are saying is to simply delete the

> Outbox from the list of shown functions such as "Inbox", "Drafts" etc. then

> it will be re-created the next time it sends out an email. Thanks.

 

Yes, delete it.

 

Alias

[Guest PaulMaudib]

Re: Messages stuck in Outbox in Outlook Express

 

On Sat, 23 Feb 2008 10:49:00 -0800, bjkrist

<bjkrist@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Sorry, this is a correction on my previous post of "mail stuck in Outlook

>Express "Inbox". I'm trying to help my brother with this problem and

>mis-understood his problem. When he tries to send an email, the screen says

>"sending 1 of 7 messages " and no messages ever leave the Outbox. There is

>never a timeout and the screen just locks up and never changes. Thanks for

>your help.

 

Sorry, but you are STILL posting in the wrong group. Look of one with

OE in it's title. Notice THIS group LACKS that.

 

Ask elsewhere