Re: Stop storing inbox as database file

From: Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE (franksaunders_at_mvps.org)
Date: 11/25/04 

Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 10:53:28 -0600

"OE help" <eric.kirk1@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:%236%23ANrw0EHA.3468@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl
> Hi,
>
> Everytime i open Outlook Express i find my inbox empty. Ive looked
> around the internet and found that it stores all my 'boxes' as dxb
> files. I do not want OE to do this, i need to be able to view all my
> emails
> that i have received.
> How do i go about fixing this?
> Ive read that it might be as a result of email scanning in my
> antivirus program so ive disabled this but it continues to store my
> emails. (Im running McAfee Vshield).
>
> Thanks,
>
> Eric

You can't stop OE from storing messages in DBX files. As soon as you read a
message move it to a user created file.
Turn off email scanning in your anti-virus. See:
http://www.insideoe.com/problems/bugs.htm#mailgone
and Viral Irony: The Most Common Cause of Corruption at
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/community/columns/filecorruption.mspx 

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