I forgot to ask if you got a time-out error message. Turn off e-mail
scanning and create a new Outbox and Sent Items. If you still have
problems, post the error message in its entirety.
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Turn off e-mail scanning in your anti-virus program. It is a redundant
layer of protection that eats up CPUs, slows down sending and receiving,
and causes a multitude of problems such as time-outs, account setting
changes and has even been responsible for loss of messages. Your
up-to-date A/V program will continue to protect you sufficiently. For
more, see:
http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3
Why you do not need your anti-virus to scan your email
http://thundercloud.net/infoave/tutorials/email-scanning/index.htm
The most efficient way to do this is to completely remove the anti-virus
program and then do a custom installation. When the opportunity to opt out
of e-mail scanning arises, opt out.
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Create a new Outbox, and Sent Items folder.
Do the following for the Outbox, and Sent Items after you move any
messages you wish to save to a local folder you create.
Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store Folder will reveal the location of
your Outlook Express files. Write the location down and navigate to it in
Windows Explorer or, copy and paste it into Start | Run.
In WinXP, 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 Outbox.dbx and Sent Items.dbx file and delete
them. New files will be created automatically when you open OE.
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Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Oct. 1, 2004 ~ Sept. 30, 2010
Imperial Beach, CA