hmm what you explained sounds interesting but not sure I understand -the first part I usually do try to keep my folders almost empty and compact daily but the two I am trying to 'restore' happened to be when I was gone for a weekend and the messages poured in :-( Could you explain to me a bit better as to how you changed folders? right now I have a separate folder within my local folders for each group I'm on - if you are saying you moved them, how did you do that or did you mean - heck I'm confused :-( maybe I could figured out a way to restore the two .dbx folders I am holding on with hopes of being able to read them someday - I have tried importing them, I had tried putting them right into the identity folder, I have put them on both my hard drives and directed the import to go to each one but just keep getting the message that is either 1) there are no messages or 2) the folder is in use :-( Thanks also for your responce - Dolores ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara" <richdawson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 6:47 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: question #1 regarding ability to click on links in an e-mail and open in OE Delores Check how much you have in your OE totally and in folders. I have found that it did many quirky things when too full. I lost folders and even had it shutting off my connection when trying to download into certain folders. In 98SE I tried to keep my whole set of folders under 800 mb. I just changed the folder I was storing my files in and started a new OE and imported a old folder as I had time to deal with the mail. I was in a bunch of graphic groups back then. lol But it did stop the quirly things without a reformat. To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk