-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Outlook Express Question
- From: Gman <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 17:27:29 -0400
Larry,
Unless I'm misreading it, he's asking about files and folders he's
seeing on the hard drive (probably using Windows Explorer) and not within
OE. If that's the case, he's not providing quite enough info on what's
there.
Specifically, I'd need to know the full names of these files & folders
before I'll have a clear image of what is there. My guess is that one of
the files is a .DBX store file that corresponds to a folder he has inside OE
named after himself while the other is the same thing except that it serves
as the store for an OE folder called Administrator, but guessing won't get
him a definitive answer. It could also be that these Inbox files are in two
different folders on the hard drive and that would change everything I just
said.
What I CAN say with authority is that these files are the ones that
contain all of the email messages that he sees when he opens OE. If he
deletes them, those messages inside OE will be gone, too. The better
approach would be to open up OE and go through the messages. Any messages
that he doesn't wish to keep can be deleted (after first saving any
attachments he wants to keep to his hard drive) and then compact the OE
folders (File > Folder > Compact All Folders) to shrink down those DBX
files. It's most likely the attachments that are inflating the files he's
asking about.
Peace,
G
"The only dumb questions are the ones that are never asked"
----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry Southerland" <larrysoutherland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <Puters_N_Such@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 4:58 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Outlook Express Question
>A friend of mine had a question that I am forwarding to the group for an
> answer as I do not use OE, but only Outlook. Your assistance on his
> behalf
> would be sincerely appreciated. [User_Name] is a proxy for his name. He
> is
> using Win2K with the latest patches, etc.
>
>
> Thanks again,
>
>
>
> Larry
>
>
>
> ____________________________________________________
>
> I am fiddling with the computer, awaiting the latest billet doux from MS,
> and getting ready to image the hard drive.
>
> I notice that there are four files related to Outlook Express, two under
> "inbox" and two under "sent". They are labeled for [User_Name] and
> Administrator, respectively. Collectively they hold over 60 megs of data
> and I wonder if I need them or should I just delete. They are under the
> heading of "Identities", whatever that means.
>
> Here is what I am wondering:
>
> 1. Is it desirable to just delete the four folders?
>
> 2. Is it possible to delete the contents without deleting the folders
> themselves? How is that done?
>
> I rarely use Outlook Express but I do very occasionally, principally for
> downloading email attachments from a friend who likes to send attachments
> even though I have a hard time opening them in Thunderbird.
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