Re: decompressing e-mails

In addition to what Jim indicated, test DBXtract first on a folder that OE recognizes has messages in it and verifty its extracting them as eml files. Then try it on the other folders. Also check to see if there is a .dbt file in the message store directory. If so, then run DBXtract on that.

As Jim indicated, dbx files can be overwritten with zeroes, so you can wind up with a 100 megabyte inbox, that is just 100,000,000 zeroes. Do points 2 and 3 here to help prevent this from happening in the future: www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx and also backup your important messages frequently.

steve

"Joe" <adcoxmanagement@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:Z4CdneHDD5-E_f_fRVn-pA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Mr. Pickering, hello again and good morning.

I did copy the files to a new folder with DBXtract. I don't have any other files labelled Inbox.

I tried again this morning and got the same result.

"Jim Pickering" <jimp@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:OH9kBcvQFHA.1932@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Did you copy the Inbox.dbx file to the folder you put DBXtract into? Do you also have a file called Inbox(1).dbx or any other DBX files with a number appended?

Stopping compacting will almost guarantee that you will corrupt a DBX file, making messages in that dbx file unreadable. Much better to let it complete without touching the computer while the compacting is taking place. For more info on compacting, see this link:
http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm#compact
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"Joe" <adcoxmanagement@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:HvudnWYkxcXiW_zfRVn-vw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Just one. I downloaded the program and it works great except it isn't picking up anything from the Inbox except new messages.

Could this be because I cancelled out of the program? Should I let it compact the files and try again?

Also, is there any way to stop it from compacting the files (stop if from asking or offering the option).

Thanks.

Joe


"Jim Pickering" <jimp@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23F6OG9uQFHA.3336@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Glad to help.  If you have further problems, please post back.
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"Joe" <adcoxmanagement@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:Rf2dnRhcWNrONvzfRVn-jg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Mr. Pickering, just wanted to thank you for all your help.

Thank you again.

Joe


"Jim Pickering" <jimp@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:O%232B1HuQFHA.3716@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Try using DBXtract from www.oehelp.com for getting the messages from the damaged Inbox.dbx. Make a copy of Inbox.dbx in another folder, download DBXtract to the same folder and use it within that folder to see what it can find for you. You can drag/drop and recovered messages into a folder in Outlook Express (although I would strongly recommend using another folder than the Inbox, which since it is the most frequently written to, deleted from, etc., is most prone to corruption).
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