Michael
Thu Jul 10 10:47:56 PDT 2008
1) There's no particular harm in leaving it there. The risk of
corruption occurs when updating the folder. If you aren't adding,
moving, deleting messages in the folder, then it's not getting updated.
Likewise, there's some risk of corruption during the compacting process.
But since you aren't updating the folder, the process will quickly skip
over the folder when it finds there is nothing that needs to be done.
Of course you are regularly backing up your whole message store so that
in the unlikely event of some corruption, you can recover, aren't you?.
2) The corruption of the Outbox folder is the only one that could cause
problems in the recipients getting their messages. Corruption in the
Sent Items could cause a couple of problems. If OE is unable to move
the message from the Outbox to the Sent Items after successfully
sending, the message could get stuck in the Outbox and be sent
repeatedly. So they would get multiple copies of the message rather
than none. The other issue would be that messages get lost in the Sent
Items. In that case, you won't be able to find your copy of sent
messages. But that's after the fact as far as sending.
As for receiving, the Inbox corruption could cause lose of incoming
messages. The Sent Items would have no effect on incoming messages.
--
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"johnnie2130" <johnnie2130@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B5DA5B4E-C659-4B79-86C1-B287E3B96B53@microsoft.com...
> I created another file and moved my Sent Items e-mails to the new
> folder. Two
> questions:
>
> 1 - You're saying that it's fine to leave the e-mails in the newly
> created
> folder even if there's thousands of e-mails in it? Is that correct?
>
> 2 - If I had tons of e-mail in my sent items folder (which I did),
> would
> that affect my sending and receiving e-mails? I've had several people
> tell me
> they didn't get something I sent them and I don't think I'm receiving
> all
> e-mails either. I called Bellsouth and they said everything looked OK
> to
> them. Would a full Sent Items folder affect me sending and receiving
> e-mails?
>
> I know it's a question for Bellsouth, but I wanted opinions from here
> too.
> Thanks
>
> "Michael Santovec" wrote:
>
>> First create a new folder in OE under Local Folders. That is, click
>> on
>> Local Folders in the folder list, the File, New, Folder. Give it a
>> name
>> of your choice.
>>
>> Then drag desired messages from the Sent Items folder to the new
>> folder.
>> You want to do a File, Folder Compact on the Sent Items folder (or
>> all
>> folders) to recover the disk space from the moved messages.
>>
>> There's no particular need to move the new folder out of OE unless
>> the
>> drive where the OE store folder is located is too full and you have
>> another drive to move it to.
>>
>> If you want to move it, look at Tools, Options, Maintenance, Store
>> Folder for the location of the DBX files. Move the file with OE
>> closed.
>>
>> To bring the DBX file back into OE, see:
>> How to import a single mail folder (*.dbx)
>>
http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/how.htm#importdbx
>> For an alternate description, see the last paragraph here:
>>
http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Mike -
http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm
>>
>>
>>
>> "johnnie2130" <johnnie2130@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message
>> news:3326DD3B-2349-4A48-8E12-18EE52779672@microsoft.com...
>> > I think I have way too much in my Sent Items folder. I want to save
>> > most of
>> > these e-mails though. How can I move my e-mails from my Sent Items
>> > folder to
>> > a folder with a .dbx extension so I can add them back to an OE
>> > folder
>> > at a
>> > later date when I want to view them in OE? This folder would be on
>> > my
>> > hard
>> > drive at a location I choose. If you described it below I just
>> > didn't
>> > understand. Thanks.
>> >
>> > "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Then you have two options:
>> >>
>> >> 1. Drag individual messages (EML files) from OE to the Windows
>> >> folder.
>> >> Double-click on an EML file to open it in OE.
>> >>
>> >> Drawback: All messages in a "conversation" will have the same
>> >> name.
>> >>
>> >> 2. Move all of the messages you want to archive to a new OE folder
>> >> you
>> >> created for this purpose; let's say you name the folder, e.g.,
>> >> "MessagesFromMom".
>> >>
>> >> 3. Create a new identity (File | Identities | Add new identity).
>> >>
>> >> 4. Import the DBX file associated with the folder you created in
>> >> #2
>> >> above
>> >> (e.g., MessagesFromMom.dbx) into the new identity.
>> >>
>> >> =================================
>> >>
>> >> General OE Caveats:
>> >>
>> >> - Don't use Inbox or Sent Items to archive messages. Move them to
>> >> local
>> >> folders created for this purpose.
>> >>
>> >> - Empty Deleted Items folder daily.
>> >>
>> >> - Disable Background Compacting [removed in WinXP SP2] and
>> >> frequently
>> >> perform a manual compact of all OE folders while "working
>> >> offline".
>> >> More at
>> >>
http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm
>> >>
>> >> - WinXP SP2 only: Do not cancel Automatic Compacting, should it
>> >> occur, and
>> >> do not attempt to close OE via Task Manager or shutdown your
>> >> machine
>> >> if
>> >> Automatic Compacting is taking place.
>> >>
>> >> - Disable email scanning by your anti-virus application. It can
>> >> cause
>> >> corruption (i.e., loss of messages), it provides no additional
>> >> protection,
>> >> and even Symantec says it's not necessary:
>> >>
>> >> <QP>
>> >> Disabling Email Scanning does not leave you unprotected against
>> >> viruses that
>> >> are distributed as email attachments. Norton AntiVirus
>> >> Auto-Protect
>> >> scans
>> >> incoming files as they are saved to your hard drive, including
>> >> email
>> >> and
>> >> email attachments. Email Scanning is just another layer on top of
>> >> this. To
>> >> make sure that Auto-Protect is providing the maximum protection,
>> >> keep
>> >> Auto-Protect enabled and run LiveUpdate regularly to ensure that
>> >> you
>> >> have
>> >> the most recent virus definitions.
>> >> </QP>
>> >>
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/nav.nsf/docid/2002111812533106
>> >> --
>> >> ~PA Bear
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> johnnie2130 wrote:
>> >> > I want to be able to open them later if I choose to for old
>> >> > times
>> >> > sake
>> >> > although that likely wouldn't be very often.
>> >> >
>> >> > "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> Do you need to be able to open these archived messages for
>> >> >> reference or
>> >> >> do
>> >> >> you just want to save them for old times sake?
>> >> >> --
>> >> >> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>> >> >> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since
>> >> >> 2002
>> >> >> AumHa VSOP & Admin
http://aumha.net
>> >> >> DTS-L
http://dts-l.net/
>> >> >>
>> >> >> johnnie2130 wrote:
>> >> >>> I have a lot of e-mails saved in folders I created in OE6. I'm
>> >> >>> think
>> >> >>> they're
>> >> >>> bogging down my OE and causing it to lock up or run slow.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> How do I save e-mails from OE 6 folders to my hard drive or
>> >> >>> another
>> >> >>> location? I created a folder in "My Documents" to save them
>> >> >>> there.
>> >> >>> That's
>> >> >>> works fine until I try to save two e-mails with the same title
>> >> >>> (example:
>> >> >>> Re:). Then it asks if I want to
>> >> >>> overright which I don't.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> How can I move my e-mails and save all of the ones I want to?
>> >> >>> Any
>> >> >>> help
>> >> >>> is
>> >> >>> appreciated.
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>