Re: downloading hotmail

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Try: File > Switch identity
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~PA Bear

Johnny wrote:
OK I created a new identity. But I cannot find a way to view it. It
downloaded a lot of files form the webmail but doesn't indicate where to
find its folders.

"PA Bear" <PABearMVP@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> 1. Understand that what you see in your Hotmail folders in OE only
> mirrors what's on the server, so it's not necessary to back-up any of
> your OE's Hotmail folders. The server is your backup.
>
> > ...files become doubled
>
> 2. See http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/why.htm#dupes
>
> > ...every time I reinstall xp
>
> I suppose we could ask why you keep finding it necessary to reinstall
> WinXP, but...
>
> 3. Your current Identity is probably damaged, especially if its the
> default Main Identity. Try one or more of your accounts in a new Named
> Identity (File > Identities > Add new identity). Assuming all is well,
> (1) compact all folders in the old identity, (2) import messages from
> the old identity into the new one [Don't bother with any Hotmail
> folders; see #1 above], and then (3) delete the old one (File >
> Identities > Manage Identities).
>
> To avoid such corruption in future:
>
> - Don't use Inbox or Sent Items to archive messages. Move them to local
> folders created for this purpose.
>
> - Empty Deleted Items folder daily.
>
> - Disable Background Compacting [N/A in SP2] and frequently perform a
> manual compact of all OE folders while "working offline". More at
> http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm
>
> - WinXP SP2 only: Do not attempt to close OE via Task Manager or
> shutdown your machine if Automatic Compacting is taking place.
>
> - WinXP SP2 only: If your machine is fully up-to-date at Windows Update,
> installing the following patch (KB918766) will help to avoid such data
> loss in the future:
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=86b68a78-f325-4a95-98c2-98af2256ccc3
>
> This patch will be included in the next Cumulative Update for Outlook
> Express/WinXP SP2.
>
> - Your anti-virus application's email scanning feature can also cause
> corruption. Disable it. It provides no additional protection.
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org
>
>
> Johnny wrote:
> > > Are you stating that you see messages in the Sent Items folder at
> > > www.hotmail.com which do not show up when you open OE to your
> > > Hotmail Sent Items folder (not the Local Sent Items folder)?
> >
> > Yes.
> >
> > > Do messages in the Inbox at www.hotmail.com show up when you open
> > > OE to your Hotmail Inbox?
> >
> > Yes there seems to be no problem with downloading the Inbox. Indeed I
> > wish I could stop the download deluge every time I reinstall xp and
> > recofigure OE (files become doubled, for one thing; I want only the
> > saved .dbx files to be configured, as in these I have deleted spam)
> > while keeping them safe on my server.
> >
> > > Is this sudden, new behavior or an ongoing problem?
> >
> > No, I have had this pattern for years. Even stranger is that even
> > when I save the .dbx files, whether by OE Quick Backup or, as I
> > recall, by other means, there's always a group of mails covering a
> > period, always just before the time of the backup, that are not
> > saved. On this occasion there were many months of Sent Items files
> > that I was saving, and no large periods between occasions when I have
> > sent messages either by Hotmail or the other account (UK2) I have on
> > OE (in fact I have been using both a great deal recently). But the
> > Hotmail backup for some reason didn't save the last 2 weeks' worth of
> > sent items and the UK2 didn't save the last three days of sent items.
> > The messages were definitely recorded in OE before the backup, though.
> > > Johnny wrote:
> > > > I notice my Hotmail Sent Items folder does not download from
> > > > webmail to OE. Is there any way to rectify this?

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