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Solkeys

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Aug 3, 2005, 8:40:44 PM8/3/05
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Why do I three Sent Items.DBX files?
Sol


Gary S. Terhune

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Aug 3, 2005, 9:48:29 PM8/3/05
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In the same folder?

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Don Phillipson

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"Solkeys" <sol...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Why do I three Sent Items.DBX files?

1. What is your / Tools / Options / Maintenance setting
for Store Folder ?
2. Compare dates of your three DBX files. If you find
they have different dates you can probably delete the
two older ones.

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Don Phillipson
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Solkeys

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Aug 4, 2005, 12:55:11 PM8/4/05
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No in three folders.
Sol
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Gary S. Terhune

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Aug 4, 2005, 1:51:34 PM8/4/05
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That would indicate that you have three different Identities, unless one
or more of the folders are relics from past installations, backups, or
whatever. Each Identity folder has an "Outlook Express" sub-folder
containing the DBX files that pertain to that Identity. (This assumes
you haven't moved the storage folder.)

Personally, I'd leave them alone, unless you are concerned about
privacy. They aren't hurting anything. In Outlook Express>File
menu>Identities>Manage Identities, how many do you show?

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Solkeys

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Aug 4, 2005, 3:19:24 PM8/4/05
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Just one. shows in Manage Identities. I have problems sending mail I get an
error message many times, and have to go to outbox and click send now. I get
the following message "An unknown error has occurred. Protocol: SMTP, Port:
0, Secure(SSL): No, Error Number: 0x800C0131"

Sol
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Hugh Candlin

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> Just one. shows in Manage Identities. I have problems sending mail I get
an
> error message many times, and have to go to outbox and click send now. I
get
> the following message "An unknown error has occurred. Protocol: SMTP,
Port:
> 0, Secure(SSL): No, Error Number: 0x800C0131"

You appear to have a damaged FOLDERS.DBX file.

Close Outlook Express

Click Start, highlight the Find option,
then select Files or Folders.
Or hold down a Windows key and press the F key

In the Named box, type FOLDERS.DBX

In the Look In box, choose the hard disk
on which FOLDERS.DBX resides
[this is usually drive C]
and then click Find Now.

Right-click the FOLDERS.DBX file and choose RENAME.

Type FOLDERS.OLD , and click OK.

Start Outlook Express again.

A new FOLDERS.DBX file will be generated.
Probably a MUCH smaller one, which is good.

When you are satisfied, you can delete FOLDERS.OLD


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Hugh Candlin

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"Solkeys" <sol...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Thank you very much. Now after I do it how can I get back all the messages
> from the .old files?

What old files?

Explain in detail exactly what you want to do.


PA Bear

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Solkeys

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Aug 5, 2005, 1:04:26 PM8/5/05
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I renamed the three Sent Items.dbx files to Sent Items.old and it solved the
error problem but my question is if I want to retrieve some of the messages
in the renamed files how do I do it?
Sol
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Rick Chauvin

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Solkeys wrote:
> I renamed the three Sent Items.dbx files to Sent Items.old and it solved
> the error problem but my question is if I want to retrieve some of the
> messages in the renamed files how do I do it?

..by similarly swapping that Sent Items.dbx file with the main one in your
current folder, then right-click choose to move the that message to your
Drafts folder, and after you put the wanted Sent Items.dbx file back just
move those messages from Draft back to Sent.. just be sure to keep your
original Sent Items.dbx file backup'd safely!

Gary S. Terhune

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Aug 6, 2005, 1:49:17 PM8/6/05
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Here's one thing to try:

Move the SENT.OLD file to a different folder (Desktop, whatever,
anywhere will do.) Rename it back to SENT.DBX

Use File>Import>Messages to import the messages from that SENT.DBX file.
You're importing from a Message Store, not an Identity, and you'll
navigate to that lone SENT.DBX file. Import it into a different folder
than default, one that you've created previously, named something like
"Sent_Archive".

For further hints, plus tools you can use to extract the messages into
TXT files directly from the DBX file, see www.insideoe.com and
http://www.oehelp.com

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Solkeys

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Aug 8, 2005, 2:56:41 PM8/8/05
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Thank you. Now when I try to import I get a message that messages are not
found.
Solo

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Solkeys

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Aug 9, 2005, 7:30:31 PM8/9/05
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I get a message that it can not find the file.
Solomon

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Solkeys

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Aug 10, 2005, 6:17:40 PM8/10/05
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I moved the file to a folder I created. When I start the import process the
first the first question asked is Select an e mail program to import from.
but as you instructed the file is not in an email program.

Sol
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PCR

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He must of fallen into an earthquake, Solkeys, & his Poodles have not
yet tugged him out by a toe. I'm sure the question is asking what
program created the .dbx, & that would be IE6, judging by your
Properties...

Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409


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Solkeys

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Aug 10, 2005, 7:41:49 PM8/10/05
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O.K. Now after entering the location of the file I get the following message
"No messages can be found in this folder or another application is running
that has the required file open. Please select another folder or try closing
applications that may have it open"
Sol
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PCR

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Aug 10, 2005, 8:13:36 PM8/10/05
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I can find nothing about that error message at the MSKB or in OE Help.
Did you scour those URLs Terhune posted or the NGs Bear did? HOWEVER, I
do see that message will show up when I point OE to a folder that has no
.dbx file. So...

"START, Programs, MS-DOS Prompt"
DIR /a /on Full\Path\To\That\Folder

Like...
C:\>DIR /a /on "G:\Outlook Express Store"
Directory of G:\Outlook Express Store
DELETE~1 DBX 256,724 08-10-05 7:36p Deleted Items.dbx
DRAFTS DBX 139,376 07-26-05 7:31a Drafts.dbx
FOLDERS DBX 399,012 08-10-05 5:29p Folders.dbx
INBOX DBX 191,188 08-10-05 7:36p Inbox.dbx
...snip
20 file(s) 188,106,208 bytes

Of course, that one does have them.


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Solkeys

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Aug 11, 2005, 5:25:05 PM8/11/05
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I was wondering maybe the problem is when I am asked Import From I chose
Import mail from a OE6 store directory. Is it possible that I don't have it
now in a store directory,and what means a store directory?

Sol
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PCR

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Aug 11, 2005, 7:08:46 PM8/11/05
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Well, by trial & error, I discover you need a Folders.dbx in the folder
too. I moved Keepers.dbx into C:\Windows\Temp, & it wouldn't import,
until I also moved it's Folders.dbx into there too. Then, it worked
fine.


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Solkeys

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Aug 11, 2005, 7:28:24 PM8/11/05
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Thank you. Now how can I create a .dbx folder? A file I understand how but
how do I do it with a folder?

Sol
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PCR

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Aug 11, 2005, 11:22:58 PM8/11/05
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Where did you get the .dbx from? Wasn't there a Folders.dbx in there
too? That's the one to use. Otherwise, maybe that site will say...
www.insideoe.com


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Solkeys

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Aug 12, 2005, 11:41:27 AM8/12/05
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I had problems with the sent items folders, so I was advised to rename it to
Sent Items.old, but now I am trying to open it.
Solomon

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PCR

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Aug 12, 2005, 4:07:18 PM8/12/05
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You can't Import it, until you...

(a) Put it into a folder
(b) Rename it back to "Sent Items.dbx"
(c) Put it's original Folders.dbx into the same folder.

...as far as I know. Otherwise, go scour that site or the other NGs.
Perhaps you can fudge a Folders.dbx. I just don't know.


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PA Bear

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Aug 12, 2005, 6:32:59 PM8/12/05
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You can lead a whore to culture but...

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), AH-VSOP

PCR wrote:
> You can't Import it, until you...
>
> (a) Put it into a folder
> (b) Rename it back to "Sent Items.dbx"
> (c) Put it's original Folders.dbx into the same folder.
>
> ...as far as I know. Otherwise, go scour that site or the other NGs.
> Perhaps you can fudge a Folders.dbx. I just don't know.
>
>

PA Bear

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For solkeys...

Q: How do I import Sent Items.dbx?
A: See http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/how.htm#importdbx or last paragraph of
http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx.

NB: Rename 'Sent Items.dbx' to [Anyothername].dbx. If by some miracle you
manage to import Sent Items.dbx into your current OE store, it will
overwrite the current Sent Items folder!

Q: I imported it but there weren't any messages?
A: It was prolly corrupted a long time ago.

Why it happens:

http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/problems/bugs.htm#mailgone
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/community/columns/filecorruption.mspx

Recovering data: http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#4
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
DBXtract
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/Default.aspx

DBXtend (additional functionality)
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtend/Default.aspx

DBXpress (faster, more powerful, with even greater functionality)
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/Default.aspx

OEX (OE Enhancement Program)
http://www.oehelp.com/OEX/Default.aspx
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
To avoid such corruption in future:

- Don't use Inbox or *Sent Items* to archive messages. Move the messages to
Local folders created for this purpose.

- Empty Deleted Items folder daily.

- Disable Background Compacting [N/A in SP2] and frequently perform a manual
compact of all OE folders while "working offline". More at
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/files/maintain.htm.

- Your anti-virus application's email scanning feature can also cause such
corruption. Disable it. It provides no additional protection.

PCR

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Aug 13, 2005, 8:16:44 AM8/13/05
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ANYWAY, I see there is a way to do it in your post to Solkeys. That
should do it, then! Apparently Terhune put on a few pounds since his
Poodles tugged him out the last earthquake-- BUT we got the job done! A
job well done!


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Solkeys

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First to PA BEAR I posted my problem on those other groups but got no reply.
Now I finnaly figured out how to do it but in middle of tranfering I get a
messagev that I performed an illegal operation at it closes and the
following details I get from Dr. Watson "Microsoft Direct Database API
performed an invalid memory access.

Module Name: DIRECTDB.DLL
Description: Microsoft Direct Database API
Version: 6.00.2800.1123
Product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Manufacturer: Microsoft Corporation"
Sol


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PCR

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What are you using for a Folders.dbx...?...

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;233264
OLEXP: Error Message If the Folders.dbx File Is Missing or Damaged
......Quote..............
SYMPTOMS
When you start Outlook Express or attempt to send an e-mail message, you
may receive one of the following error messages:
MSIMN caused an invalid page fault in module Msoe.dll
MSIMN caused an invalid page fault in module "unknown"
MSIMN caused an invalid page fault in module Directdb.dll
Msimn caused an exception C0000006h in module Directdb.dll
Outlook Express: The message could not be sent. There is not enough Disk
space.
Unknown error has occurred. Protocol: SMTP Port: 0 Secure: No [SSL]
Error: 0x800c0131

CAUSE
This behavior can occur if the Folders.dbx file is missing, damaged, or
using the read-only attribute.

RESOLUTION
Rename the Folders.dbx file: 1. Click Start, point to Find, and then
click Files or Folders.
2. In the Named box, type folders.dbx.
3. In the Look In box, click your primary hard disk (usually drive C),


and then click Find Now.

4. Right-click the Folders.dbx file, and then click Rename.
5. Type folders.old, and then click OK.
6. Start Outlook Express. This creates a new Folders.dbx file
automatically.
......EOQ................

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;275543
OLEXP: How to Troubleshoot the Invalid Page Fault Error Message

It's also mentioned in there.


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Solkeys

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I did all that and I created a new Identity and while imported I get that
error.

Sol
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PCR

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SOLKEYS, you should have been CURED by now by following my, Terhune's,
Bear's, or Chauvin's instructions! Maybe even Phillipson's or Candlin's!
Who said to create a new identity?

(1) Are you able to read Sent Items in the new identity?
(2) Are you able to read them in the old identity?
(3) How did you get them into the new identity?
(4) Are you saying you cannot import them from one to the other?
(5) What precisely are you clicking?

Careful about one thing: seems Bear is saying...

"NB: Rename 'Sent Items.dbx' to [Anyothername].dbx. If by some miracle
you
manage to import Sent Items.dbx into your current OE store, it will
overwrite the current Sent Items folder!"

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Solkeys

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First I renamed the Sent Items to .old, then I created a new folder called
Sent Archives, and also created a new Identity and made there also a folders
called Sent Archives. Then I renamed the Sent Items folders to Sent Archives
and went to Windows Explorer and moved they renamed folder to my default
Identity. Then I went to my new Identity and started to import mail from the
Sent Archives in the default Intensity. to the new identity. I was able to
import about half of the mail did I got the error message.
Sol

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Gary S. Terhune

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Sounds like the DBX file is corrupt. Trying to import that set of messages
is probably doomed. You want to resort to one or another of the
already-mentioned recovery utilities. DBXtract, for instance. Won't get them
back into OE, but it will certainly create a decently accessible and
searchable folder full of EML or TXT email files.

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PCR

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I haven't tried creating new identities. So, really, I don't know how
that goes. It could be as Terhune & Bear suggest, that the old "Sent
Items.dbx" you wish to Import is corrupt, if the Sent Items began to
Import but quit half way. BUT you have done so much folder renaming &
identity creating that something else may be the matter.

(1) Can you undo what you did, delete that new identity & all the new
folders you created? BUT make sure you still have that old "Sent
Items.dbx" you wish to import in a folder of it's own-- a folder OUTSIDE
of the OE Store-- even put it in C:\Windows\Temp.

(2) Does OE still work now & look like it did before?

If so, try this, from one of the sites Bear posted, last paragraph of
...
http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx.

......Quote...........
To backup and restore a single OE5 mail folder, save the appropriate dbx
file. To restore, create a new folder in OE5 (call it archiv1, for
example) and access it once. Then close OE and find archiv1.dbx and
delete it. Make a copy of the folder you want to restore and rename it
to archiv1.dbx. Then copy that file into the directory where the
previous file was deleted. Open OE and the messages you wanted to
restore will be accessible via opening that archiv1 folder.
......EOQ.............

That is...

(1) Rename the old "Sent Items.dbx" to "Old Sent Items.dbx".
This should be somewhere outside the OE Store.
That is, it won't show up in OE's left pane yet.
It is the file you are trying to Import.

(2) Create a new folder in OE, & access it once...

(a) R-Clk "Local Folders" in OE's L-Pane, & select "New Folder".
(b) Paste the name "Old Sent Items.dbx" (no quotes) into it.
(c) It will quickly appear in the L-Pane.
Click it. It will show up empty in OE's R-Pane.
This is the destination of the file in step (1).

(3)
(a) Close OE, and open Explorer to your OE Store. It's location shows
at...
"OE, Tools menu, Options, Maintenance tab, Store Folder button"
(b) Delete the file in there named: "Old Sent Items.dbx".
That is the one you just created.
(c) Still using Explorer, copy the "Old Sent Items.dbx" of step (1)
into this OE Store folder.

(4) Close Explorer. Open OE. Maybe do a "File menu, Folder, Compact all
folders".

You should now have what you want in there. Hopefully, it is not
corrupt.


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On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 19:11:26 -0700, "Gary S. Terhune"

>Sounds like the DBX file is corrupt. Trying to import that set of messages
>is probably doomed. You want to resort to one or another of the
>already-mentioned recovery utilities. DBXtract, for instance. Won't get them
>back into OE, but it will certainly create a decently accessible and
>searchable folder full of EML or TXT email files.

Another approach to "washing" mail is to do a round-robin import
through different email apps, e.g. import into Eudora, then import
Eudora's data back into OE (or just stay in Eudora).

The import process is tortuous and prone to introducing problems, but
what you're hoping here is that a problem that blows up OE (possibly
deliberately, i.e. an exploit) will be defused along the way. Quite
likely, as the cross-import is likely to redefine any broken
structures and thus "clean them up".

There's another advantage to importing into Eudora, and that is that
Eudora will strip out attachments as loose files that can be scanned
by av. Importing back into OE hides them in OE's mailboxes again, but
hopefully you'd have scanned them when you had the chance. An
on-access av will do that as Eudora creates them as files.

>------------ ----- ---- --- -- - - - -
The most accurate diagnostic instrument
in medicine is the Retrospectoscope
>------------ ----- ---- --- -- - - - -

PA Bear

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And another oar enters the water. <VBEG>

Chris, meet Solkeys, a quite well-known figure in OE circles. Solkeys, meet
MVP Chris Quirke, a man of many words and URLs. <wink>
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PCR

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Never mind! I'll have Solkeys up/running in no time!

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PA Bear

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More power to you!

PCR wrote:
> Never mind! I'll have Solkeys up/running in no time!
>

PCR

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Aug 16, 2005, 11:15:09 PM8/16/05
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OK, then! Should he have been able to Import from one identity to
another? It isn't mentioned in OE Help. I think I like the other trick
better, though, anyhow, of creating an empty folder in OE & replacing
it's .dbx with the full one.


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If it's corrupted, it's corrupted. Best chance would be to extract any
messages possible using, e.g., DBXtract or $imilar. Recovered messages, if
any, may be dragged to an open OE folder.

Repeat:

To avoid such corruption in future, don't use Inbox or **Sent Items** to
archive messages. Move them to user-created local folders created for this
purpose. Disable Background Compacting [N/A in SP2] and frequently perform

a manual compact of all OE folders while "working offline". More at

http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm. Your anti-virus application's
email scanning feature can also cause corruption. Disable it. It provides
no additional protection.
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PCR wrote:
> OK, then! Should he have been able to Import from one identity to
> another? It isn't mentioned in OE Help. I think I like the other trick
> better, though, anyhow, of creating an empty folder in OE & replacing
> it's .dbx with the full one.
>
>

PCR

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I see. But it's hard to tell whether it is corrupted or something went
wrong with how he did it. There are too many Sent Items, Sent Archives &
Identities in his description...

.....Quote.............


First I renamed the Sent Items to .old, then I created a new folder
called
Sent Archives, and also created a new Identity and made there also a
folders
called Sent Archives. Then I renamed the Sent Items folders to Sent
Archives
and went to Windows Explorer and moved they renamed folder to my default
Identity. Then I went to my new Identity and started to import mail from
the
Sent Archives in the default Intensity. to the new identity. I was able
to
import about half of the mail did I got the error message.
Sol

.....EOQ................

But, don't worry! I have spelled out the other procedure!


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Solkeys

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Now I am having another problem> I am trying to import another folder from
one Identity to the other Identity but what is happing that it just copies
the same folder but an empty one and this is added to the name(1) into the
same identity.

Sol
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The BIG HINT is that the Import proceeded decently until half way through
the process. That indicates a corrupted DBX file and can't really mean much
else.

Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User

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Thanks. I thought that might be true. Still, so much has been done, let
us see what that other procedure can do, if he can subtract the identity
& get back to that. I'm not sure he's using the original Sent Items.dbx,
either. He has moved so much around!


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PCR

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Is the one you import empty? What is it's name? Is there one of the same
name in the destination Identity? Sounds like what you describe WOULD
happen, if you are importing an empty folder with a unique name.

Try the procedure I spelled out, Solkeys!


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Well, good luck keeping up. I read Solkeys' latest and I have to admit, I'm
lost. All I know is I read the exchange up to the one that reported partial
success, and it seemed pretty clear to me at that point that the file is
corrupt, that DBXtract or similar is called for.

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PCR

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Thanks again. Yea, me too, I tried & nearly figured what he was
describing he did, BUT couldn't quite do it. Therefore, I want him to
get back to where he was & try the thing Bear posted. He appears to be
resistant, though, & continues to do Import's. Does look like was able
to Import an empty .dbx from one Identity to another-- but that isn't
part of the procedure!


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Solkeys

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I named it Sent Archives and it is full but when I try to import it to
another identity it instead creates another folder in the same identity that
is empty.

Sol
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Also I created that folder in both Identities.

Sol
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At this juncture, I bow out. I'm off to experiment with some cloning
strategies...

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PCR

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I don't know what Identities are all about, sorry, especially whether a
file can be Imported from one to another. You actually see posts in it
before the Import? ANYWAY...

Try the procedure I posted, Solkeys!


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OK. Make us another Blanton, then. The one we had was apparently
swallowed by an alligator shortly after making MVP!


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Welcome to my world.

Gary S. Terhune wrote:
> Well, good luck keeping up. I read Solkeys' latest and I have to admit,

> I'm lost...

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