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From: Fred on 14 Mar 2010 17:17
Hi, I deleted all messages from the sent items and deleted items folders, yet
when I check the dbx files for these folders they are quite large, around 17
mb in size. I would think they would be zero. Can anyone help?

Thanks a lot.
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Fred
From: Peter Foldes on 14 Mar 2010 17:28
crossposted to the outlookexpress.general newsgroup
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"Fred" <Fred(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:344282A3-2A42-4ED4-A368-642515CD42CE(a)microsoft.com...
> Hi, I deleted all messages from the sent items and deleted items folders, yet
> when I check the dbx files for these folders they are quite large, around 17
> mb in size. I would think they would be zero. Can anyone help?
>
> Thanks a lot.
> --
> Fred

From: Jim on 14 Mar 2010 17:41
On Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:17:01 -0700, Fred
<Fred(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Hi, I deleted all messages from the sent items and deleted items folders, yet
>when I check the dbx files for these folders they are quite large, around 17
>mb in size. I would think they would be zero. Can anyone help?
>
>Thanks a lot.

Close / reopen program ?
From: "FromTheRafters" erratic on 14 Mar 2010 18:15
> "Fred" <Fred(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:344282A3-2A42-4ED4-A368-642515CD42CE(a)microsoft.com...
>> Hi, I deleted all messages from the sent items and deleted items
>> folders, yet
>> when I check the dbx files for these folders they are quite large,
>> around 17
>> mb in size. I would think they would be zero. Can anyone help?

Dbx files won't get smaller until you compact the associated "folders".


From: PA Bear [MS MVP] on 14 Mar 2010 19:53
See http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm#compact

General OE Caveats:

- Don't use Inbox or Sent Items to archive messages. Move them to local
folders created for this purpose.

- Empty Deleted Items folder daily.

- Frequently perform a manual compact of all OE folders while "working
offline". More at http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm

- Do not cancel Automatic Compacting, should it occur, and do not attempt to
close OE via Task Manager or shutdown your machine if Automatic Compacting
is taking place.

- Disable email scanning by your anti-virus application. It can cause
corruption (i.e., loss of messages) and provides no additional protection:

Why you don't need your anti-virus to scan your email
http://thundercloud.net/infoave/tutorials/email-scanning/index.htm
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002


>> Hi, I deleted all messages from the sent items and deleted items folders,
>> yet when I check the dbx files for these folders they are quite large,
>> around 17 mb in size. I would think they would be zero. Can anyone help?

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