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By >Workflow<, do you mean anything automatic? Only the Compact prompt you will see after 100 closings.

I would like to suggest you get this freebie tool to backup OE with a simple click of the mouse.

OEQB:
www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/

And add this patch to your currently updated XP/SP2.

Patch KB918766:
http://tinyurl.com/mx3r2

This patch addresses some of the issues that were caused by KB911567.

Address Book problems.
Unsent templates appearing as sent.
Manually compacting will now reset the registry counter to Zero in WinXP/SP2 and also sends a copy of your dbx files to the recycle bin as a temporary backup.

To complete the fix for .eml templates, a registry change is needed. See:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918766

Tom Koch also has this information at his site, along with a downloadable Zip file to do the registry change for you. See:
http://www.insideoe.com/#kb918651
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Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Jim Hughes" <jhughes1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:dLb4h.24750$Cq3.8676@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Bruce Hagen ...

... thank you for the quick, helpful, response
... I will heed your directions; always great to get help from those that know
... Is there any 'workflow' that I can establish to handle my Outlook Express maintenance ?

Thanks.
Take care.
Jim Hughes
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"Bruce Hagen" <Nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:u8pGF0tAHHA.3560@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Delete any dbx files currently not in use and then compact all your folders.

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.

You already figured out ho to tell the size of the dbx files. For non-newsgroups, we usually recommend keeping them under 100MB. But that is a precaution so you don't lose e-mail messages. OE only mirrors what is on the server, so there is no worries about losing newsgroup messages as long as they are on the server, since you can Reset and download them again.

Newsgroups do remove messages after a period of time, so if you have anything in particular you want to save, drag it to a user created folder for archiving.
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Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Jim Hughes" <jhughes1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:p_a4h.25758$OE1.22947@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Good Evening ...

In my Store Folder I have a number of .dbx and .dbt newsgroups, that I have subscribed to at one time ... but not all currently; some of those are well into the million bytes.

I also have a .dbx file for every presently subscribed-to newsgroup, as well as for every item under my Local Folders. My 'Deleted Items' .dbx file is
437mb.

If these sizes are too big, how do I maintain/monitor the sizes to stay in good grace with Outlook Express?

I do 'reset' followed by 'compact' at least every other day.

Please advise me how to maintain this 'stuff' in good fashion.

Thank you for your time and consideration.
Jim Hughes






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