Have used my OE acct for many yrs. Recently when I send an email it shows up normally in the - "Outbox (1)" Then the (1) disappears & the message is then sent over & over again to the receiptiant until I erase it from the out box. When I do this it also does not show up in my "Sent" box. In other words it continues to send duplicate emails over & over until everything in the outbox is deleted1 person needs an answerI do too

Apparent dbx file corruption. Move most of your messages out of the Inbox and then create new Outbox and Sent Items folders 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 DBX files for the Outbox & Sent Items and delete them. New ones will be created automatically when you open OE. 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. General precautions for Outlook Express: 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 Turn off e-mail scanning in your anti-virus program. It is a redundant layer of protection that eats up CPUs, slows down sending and receiving, and causes a multitude of problems such as time-outs, account setting changes and has even been responsible for loss of messages. Your up-to-date A/V program will continue to protect you sufficiently. For more, see: http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3 Why you don't need your anti-virus to scan your email http://thundercloud.net/infoave/tutorials/email-scanning/index.htm Note that for some AV programs, it may be necessary to uninstall the program and reinstall in Custom Mode and uncheck e-mail scanning when the option arises. Compact often as specified above. And backup often. Outlook Express Quick Backup (OEQB Freeware) http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx Bruce Hagen ~ MS-MVP [Mail]

Thanks for your reply Bruce, but it is a little complicated for me. The first part about moving folders & creating new Inbox, outbox & sent folders I don't understand. I found the DBX files & copied them to another location, but I have not tried deleting them yet because I didn't understand the first part. I need a little more explanation please N

Thanks for your reply Bruce, but it is a little complicated for me. The first part about moving folders & creating new Inbox, outbox & sent folders I don't understand. I found the DBX files & copied them to another location, but I have not tried deleting them yet because I didn't understand the first part. I didn't want you to move the dbx files. Close OE and drag them back in the message store, or you will need to purchase a tool. When you drag them back, you will be asked if you want to overwrite any files with the same name. Agree to this, but make sure you do not have any messages you need in the folder you are going to overwrite. What I wanted you to do was to create a folder, or folders in OE and move any messages you want to keep from Sent items to one folder, and most of your messages from the Inbox to another. Then, I want you to close OE and in the message store, delete the Outbox.dbx and Sent Items.dbx files. When you open OE, you will have a new uncorrupted Outbox and Sent Items folder.Bruce Hagen ~ MS-MVP [Mail]

This has happened to me over the last two months to the point where I have decided not to use OE to send any emails. Very inconvenient and I am looking for a solution.

This has happened to me over the last two months to the point where I have decided not to use OE to send any emails. Very inconvenient and I am looking for a solution.

Please state your problem precisely so you don't get and incorrect advice. I bet I can help you.Bruce HagenMS-MVP Oct. 1, 2004 ~ Sept. 30, 2010Imperial Beach, CA

Please state your problem precisely so you don't get and incorrect advice. I bet I can help you.Bruce HagenMS-MVP Oct. 1, 2004 ~ Sept. 30, 2010Imperial Beach, CA