Don,
Nothing to add except for a puzzled look I formed when I read that a
'full' Sent folder causes messages to be rerouted to the Outbox folder. I
currently have 15,434 messages in my Sent folder and have never experienced
that problem. Over the years, I have strongly hesitated to break up the
contents of the folder since I use it to track down my previous answers to
repeat questions and my lack of any problems arising from the decision has
only reinforced my happiness that the folder even exists. lol
Peace,
GMan
http://reddit.com
"The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask!"
----- Original Message -----
From: "DSWabc" <DSWabc@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 10:22 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Email Folder Weaknesses WAS: outlook express
problems, new
> Thanks for adding that Gman. The one dbx file in your message store that
> could really mess things up is the folders.dbx file. That file stores all
> the folder names and their locations. OE will use that to re-create dbx
> files that you delete and still have an active folder in your OE folder
> tree.
>
...
>
> Folder weakness:
>
> One folder that can really cause some embarrassment if it gets too full is
> the Sent Items folder.
>
> If you direct OE to keep copies of sent messages it will eventually get
> too
> full unless you relocate or delete some messages. When it gets too full,
> it
> will stop accepting any more sent messages.
>
> In that event, since OE cannot copy to the folder, it will leave a copy in
> the OUTBOX where it will get sent over and over and over until you get an
> angry message from someone that has received 43 copies of the same
> message.
>
> Your turn:
>
> If you have uncovered a specific weakness in an OE folder please share it
> and the way to fix or prevent it.
>
> Don
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