Re: Background WAV doesn't play
From: Bruce Hagen (Nospam_at_mymail.invalid)
Date: 02/15/05
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Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 19:06:36 -0800
I would suggest you try the Stationery Newsgroup.
The stationery groups have moved to a microsoft hosted private news
server.
The private server can be accessed using the following settings in a
new
news account:
Server: privatenews.microsoft.com
Account Name: privatenews\stationery
Password: stationery
But before you go:
Do not archive mail in default OE folders. They will eventually
become corrupted. Create your own user defined folders for storing
mail and move your mail to them. Empty Deleted Items folder regularly.
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.
In Tools>Options>Maintenance: Uncheck Compact messages in background
and leave it unchecked. {N/A if running XP/SP2}.
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - (IE/OE)
~IB-CA~
"Spaceman Spiff" <SpamMeNot@All.com> wrote in message
news:uBjdfowEFHA.560@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> All,
>
> Recently, I used the Format, Background, Sound to specify a 253 KB
> WAV file that I wanted to play in the background of my e-mail. After
> I sent the e-mail, I went into the Sent Items folder, and tried to
> listen to it. As soon as the message opened, about the first eighth
> of a second of the WAV played, but then it got cut off. It should
> have gone on for about 30 seconds.
>
> Intrigued, I decided to do a File, Save As, and stuck a copy of the
> e-mail on my desktop as an EML file. I then minimized all
> applications, and double-clicked on the newly saved e-mail. The
> sound played flawlessly.
>
> What causes this odd behavior? How do I persuade OE6 to play the
> embedded WAV file without having to re-save the file as an EML file?
> By the way, my DBX files are pretty massive, about 339 megabytes in
> all. It occurs to me that when one opens a message in the Sent Items
> folder, one is really accessing a file called SentItems.dbx, which
> is 170 MB all by itself. By contrast, when the e-mail is stored as a
> free-standing EML file, it is small, only about 253 KB. Could it be
> that the SentItems.dbx file is either too large or has become
> corrupted somehow?
>
> By the way, I haven't heard back from the message recipient as to
> whether she was able to play the sound when viewing my e-mail.
>
> Spiff
>
> XP Pro, SP2
> Pentium 4, 2.66 GHz
> 512 MB of RAM
> OE6 Version 6.00.2900.2180
>
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