Moving emails make them disappear.

[Happy]

When moving an email from my inbox (drag & drop) to one of my "saved" files,
some of them have started disappearing! Very strange.
Any thoughts as to why. Just started happening in the past few days, and
only in one or two files.

[Bruce Hagen]

How large are these folders? If you have exceeded 100MB, create more folders
for archiving and don't put any more in the ones you have problems with. It
may be a good idea to move some of the messages out of them.

After you're done, compact your folders:

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.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

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[Happy]

Thanks, ----this worked well! I wasn't aware of the 100MB limit on
folders. Good to know going ahead.

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[Bruce Hagen]

You're welcome. Glad it's fixed.

--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

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[PA Bear]

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 [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.

- Do not attempt to close OE via Task Manager or shutdown your machine if
Automatic Compacting is taking place (WinXP SP2 only).

- Your anti-virus application's email scanning feature can also cause
corruption. Disable it. It provides no additional protection.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), AH-VSOP