Re: Outlook Express on Two Computers

Running low on ideas. I wonder if your ISP allows you to leave a copy on the server. Haven't heard of that before, but???

Have you restarted both machines since checking the box? Try that next.

This /is/ a Pop3 account?

There is a problem where messages get downloaded more than once due to a corrupt Pop3uidl.dbx file. This is different, but that file does play a role and trying this will cause no harm, so do this on both machines. Make sure OE is closed and reboot when you're done.

Tools | Accounts | Mail | Properties | Advanced. Uncheck: Leave a copy of messages on the server. Then delete the Pop3uidl.dbx file. You will get the messages one more time, but that should be it.

Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store Folder will reveal the location of your Outlook Express files. Press the Tab key to highlight the folder location, then Ctrl+C. Close OE, then Start | Run | Ctrl+V will put the location in the box - Click OK and you'll see the OE files. Otherwise, write the location down and navigate to it in Windows Explorer.

In WinXP, Win2K & Win2K3, the OE user files (DBX and WAB) are by default marked as hidden. To view these files in Windows Explorer, you must enable Show Hidden Files and Folders under Start | Control Panel | Folder Options Icon | View, or in Windows Explorer | Tools | Folder Options | View.

With OE closed, find the DBX file for the folder in question {Pop3uidl.dbx} and delete it. A new one will be created automatically when you open OE.

General precautions for Outlook Express:

Do not archive mail in default OE folders. They will eventually become corrupt. Create your own user defined folders for storing mail and move your mail to them. Empty Deleted Items folder regularly. Keep user created folders under 100MB, and Default folders as empty as is feasible.

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.

Turn off e-mail scanning in your anti-virus program. It is a redundant layer of protection that eats up CPUs and causes a multitude of problems such as time-outs and account setting changes. Your up-to-date A/V program will continue to protect you sufficiently. For more, see:
http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3

In Tools | Options | Maintenance: Uncheck Compact messages in background and leave it unchecked. {N/A if running XP/SP2}.
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Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
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"SD" <SD@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:ekX2yoXHHHA.960@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Checked, no new messages.
"Bruce Hagen" <Nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:uaeLYeXHHHA.1008@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Go to your ISPs Website. They should have an option for you to check your mail there.
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Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
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"SD" <SD@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:e7ttZcXHHHA.4712@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Bruce Hagen,

See my reply to Frank Saunders. Receive mail OK. Webmail?. How to check.?.
"Bruce Hagen" <Nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:Ob2jTRXHHHA.3616@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Did you see the post from Frank Saunders?

Did you check your WebMail?
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Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"SD" <SD@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:uT1s1GXHHHA.536@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Just received mail on my laptop, can't see it on my desktop. Checked the send/recv box it searched, nothing showed up on the desktop.
"Bruce Hagen" <Nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:e6vil1WHHHA.3676@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Can you check in your ISPs WebMail and see if the messages are missing there as well?
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Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"SD" <SD@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23MYjdxWHHHA.4904@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Yes I have.
"Bruce Hagen" <Nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23R7WTvWHHHA.4712@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In your first post, you said you checked Leave a copy on the desktop. have you since also checked it on the laptop?
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Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"SD" <SD@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23VVxOmWHHHA.2112@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
No luck. Something I am missing.
"Bruce Hagen" <Nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23S$fUHWHHHA.3872@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
If both computers are using the same e-mail address, on both machines:

Tools | Accounts | Mail | Properties | Advanced - Check: Leave a copy of messages on the server.

On one machine, check to Delete messages after X days to assure the server does not get clogged up.
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Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"SD" <SD@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:efiUYDWHHHA.1784@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Pop,
I set my desktop computer in Outlook Express,Tools, Accounts, Mail Properties to leave messages on the server but when I check Outlook Express inbox from my laptop what ever I have on my desktop does not appear on my laptop. I even sent myself a test message and it did not appear. What am I missing in your reply to Sandy?.
"Pop`" <nodoby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23GiREMLHHHA.3676@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
SandyD wrote:
I have recently purchased a laptop and need help with using Outlook
Express on the desktop as well as the laptop.

Is there a way to see the same downloaded messages on both computers?
I have OE setup on the laptop, using the same address as on the
desktop. When I read my messages on the laptop, then go to the desktop, the
same messages are not available.

Please give suggestions as what to do and how to do it or if its even
possible at all!!

Thanks so much..........
Sandy

In Outlook Express's Tools, Accounts, you can set OE to leave the messages on the server, delete them, or delete them after a certain number of days. You appear to have yours set to delete the messages and thus they aren't available any longer to the other computer when you try to read them.

I have my laptop set up to not delete messages from the server, ever. Then, my desktop deletes messages after 7 days. So, a little balancing act like that usually makes things work out pretty well.

If you need more specifics, just come back and ask.

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