"krokodylowy" <krokodylowy@wp.pl> wrote in message
news:0d2bc976-8c72-47b5-aa08-4fad759952b5@a70g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
> On 19 Lip, 00:39, "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABear...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > My emails are important...
>>
>> Uh-huh.
>>
>> First of all, if INBOX.DBX is over 2GB, you're *extremely* lucky that OE
>> even opens!
> (...)
>
>>
>
> Wow, very excellent response ... but why Outlook Express do not do
> that amazing job?
>
> It looks like Microsoft arrogance. Hundred millions of XP users use OE
> and all got the same problems. Size of dbx files grows up to hundreds
> megabytes or few gigabytes and OE stop work, hangs or got unexpected
> behaviour like do not show new messages.
>
> The problem is - OE got some dummy options that nothing do, like
> "delete mail from boxes/folders" or options from Options/Tools/
> Maintenance/Clean now, Compact, Delete news or Reset.
>
> All above operations should decrese size of dbx files but don't do
> that!
>
> So the question is - How to delete old mails with dbx's decreasing?
>


Please include all previous messages in your replies. It makes things much
easier for us to follow. Thank you.

Tools | Options | Maintenance | Clean Up Now is /only/ for newsgroups. To
compact all your mail folders, do the following.

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.

General precautions for Outlook Express:

Do not archive mail in default OE folders. They will eventually become
corrupt. 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.

Turn off e-mail scanning in your anti-virus program. It is a redundant layer
of protection that eats up CPUs and causes a multitude of problems such as
time-outs and account setting changes. Your up-to-date A/V program will
continue to protect you sufficiently. For more, see:
http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3

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

And backup often.

Backup & Restore:
http://www.insideoe.com/backup/

This is a great two click program:

Outlook Express Quick Backup (OEQB)
http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA