Outlook express sending same email over and over again...keeps email in outbok, seems like it cant be placed in "sent items"...HELP
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December 16th, 2009 8:47pm

First time I've ever seen this. Sent email w/5MB pic attached and Outlook2007 kept resending the message every 10 minutes...all night long. I caught it after 30 transmissions. Pulled the network cable to get Outlook to error out, restarted outlook then was able to delete the msg.
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December 26th, 2009 4:38pm

I have had the same problem of my emails actually being sent and received by the intended recipient, but I get an Error Warning of not sending the email with no reason and the message stays in the outbox and keeps resending. The only solution I have is to move the message from the outbox to another folder. How can this be resolved where the message just goes into the sent folder like it used to?
December 29th, 2009 9:34pm

Still there?Create a new Outbox, and Sent Items folder. Do the following for the Outbox, and Sent Items after you move any messages you wish to save to a local folder you create. 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 or, copy and paste it into Start | Run. In WinXP, Win2K & Win2K3, the OE user files (DBX and WAB) are by default marked as hidden. To view these files in Windows Explorer, you must enable Show Hidden Files and Folders under Start | Control Panel | Folder Options Icon | View, or in Windows Explorer | Tools | Folder Options | View. With OE closed, find the Outbox.dbx and Sent Items.dbx file and delete them. New files will be created automatically when you open OE. To help prevent this in the future: Do not archive mail in the Inbox or Sent Items. Create your own user defined folders and move the messages you wish to save to them. Empty Deleted Items folder daily. Although dbx files have a theoretical capacity of 2GB, I recommend about a 300MB max for less chance of corruption. Information about the maximum file size of the .dbx files that are used by Outlook Express:http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=903095 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 or SP3}. Bruce Hagen MS-MVP [Mail]
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