Re: Faulty Port 25 (SMTP)?!?!

Hi Philippe,

These files are removed under normal circumstances. The Microsoft KB article
linked below gives more information. For some reason OE6 is not listed as a
version the article applies to. Some unexpected problems can be related to a
damaged Folders.dbx file.

OLEXP: "Find Message" Dialog Box Does Not Function By Any Criteria

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;298558&Product=oex



See Inside OE to understand what will occur when Folders.dbx is replaced.
http://insideoe.com/files/store.htm#deldbx



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Tim K.
aka Kuay Tim
MS-MVP - (IE/OE)
Lynnwood, WA
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"Philippe B. [Switzerland]" <borel@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi Jim,
Yep, I located now this file of mine <smtp.log>; thank you!!
However, after deleting it...no change re. my problem (unfortunately).
By the way: I also found 87x <Search Folder (39).dbx> (till #125):
Hmm, what are they and could I delete them "safely" as well??
And "any other suggestions" from you of how to solve my problem?
So thanks in advance for possibly additional tips from you...
Philippe Borel
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"Jim Pickering" <jim.pickering@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Log files for the troubleshooting are contained in your message store
> folder. To determine its location, in OE, click Tools/Options/Maintenance
> and then Store Folder button. Use Windows Explorer to navigate to that
> folder and delete the *.log files which if the option has been checked for
> some time, may have grown to enormous size and may contribute to your
> problem.
> --
> Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=F9F51EF1-4AE3-4D23-B2D8-1171988A62D6
> Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
> Thanks.
>
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> "Philippe B. [Switzerland]" <borel@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:urT7i39qFHA.4072@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Thank you Steve for your interesting input!
>>
>> I just checked it up and noticed that this first square "Mail" was
>> already
>> enabled...and this must have been activated for many months by now!
>> So this could have been possibly the cause of making my OE "flaky"
>> (as you stated) by producing huge logfiles (for sure); ha!?
>> Hence, I disabled it now and made an immediate new test...but...
>>
>> Steve, could you please tell me now WHERE those logfiles are being
>> automatically stored, so that I could check them up for possible hints?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Philippe B.
>>>
>>>
>> "Steve Cochran" <scochran@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:uVCzwl9qFHA.2072@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>I don't have a clue. But you can enable SMTP logging under Tools |
>>>Options
>>>| Maintenance to check and see if you can figure out anything from the
>>>logfile. Make sure you turn it back off again afterwards. Otherwise the
>>>logfile gets huge and OE also can get flaky.
>>>
>>> steve
>>>
>>> "Philippe B. [Switzerland]" <borel@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:usm5pJ6qFHA.3096@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Hi there,
>>>
>>> Whenever I sent out an email, the data trickles only sporadic out (ie.
>>> the blue screen of my network card does not light up continuously
>>> until mail is sent out, but lights on and off all the time, taking about
>>> 10 times longer to finally sent out such email than on my other PC,
>>> where this incident does not occur! Therefore, the fault cannot be
>>> at my standard SMTP mail server I'm using.
>>>
>>> Since I don't have anymore an active virus scan on this PC involved, it
>>> cannot be the cause of this extreme delay. I noticed also that the green
>>> progressing bar does NOT appear at all and the arrow out from the
>>> basket is NOT moving (during such transmission mode). It's only at
>>> the very end when such mail finally goes out that this bar will show
>>> up at once...then completely and correctly filled up from left to right!
>>>
>>> And I also tried to use different email programs (such as Netscape),
>>> but the same fault occurs.
>>>
>>> So it seems that "somehow" the data-flow passing through this Port 25
>>> is getting "squeezed" at one stage, prior of passing at the end through
>>> my (fast) cable modem; but where's/who's the "culprit" along its path??
>>> And do note too: Even if I use my old 56k-modem, same problem.
>>>
>>> And even if I use a different Port# (ie. after having installed first
>>> a special sw-program for outgoing emails)...no change at all (!).
>>>
>>> Hence, any valid feedback would be highly appreciated;
>>> thank you very much in advance...
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Philippe B.
>>
>>
>>
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