>> Is this a continuation of this problem?
>>
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general/browse_thread/thread/449b140b7415cccb?hl=en&q=author:casiopie963%40hotmail.com
>>
>> Are you speaking of Outlook Express folders, or Hotmail folders?
>>
>> If Hotmail, someone else will have to help you. If Outlook Express folders,
>> do the following:
>>
>> Move any messages you want to save out of Deleted Items, Sent Items and the
>> Inbox to folders that you create and then close OE and delete the dbx files
>> for those three folders.
>>
>> Note that you do not have to move messages one at a time. Highlight one
>> message and then Ctrl+A will highlight them all. Now you can Right Click and
>> Move To Folder, (or just drag them), and they will all go at once.
>>
>> If you want to move a portion of the messages to one new folder, and then
>> another portion to another folder, etc., click on the first message to
>> highlight. Scroll down to the last of the section of messages you want to
>> move and hold down the Shift key and click the left mouse button. Now that
>> /section/ is highlighted. Move it.
>>
>> Now, continue with the cleanup.
>>
>> 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, Win2K & Win2K3, 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 Deleted Items.dbx, Sent Items.dbx and Inbox .dbx
>> files and delete them. New files will be created automatically when you open
>> OE.
>>
>> Compact all folders as described below.
>>
>> To help prevent this in the future:
>>
>> Do not archive mail in default OE folders. They will eventually become
>> corrupt. Create your own user defined folders for storing mail and move your
>> mail to them. Empty Deleted Items folder regularly. Keep user created
>> folders under 100MB, and Default folders as empty as is feasible.
>>
>> After you are done, follow up by compacting your folders manually while
>> working *offline* and do it often.
>>
>> Click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree so no folders are
>> open. Then: File | Work Offline (or double click Working Online in the
>> Status Bar). File | Folder | Compact all folders. Don't touch anything until
>> the compacting is completed.
>>
>> Turn off e-mail scanning in your anti-virus program. It is a redundant layer
>> of protection that eats up CPUs and causes a multitude of problems such as
>> time-outs and account setting changes. Your up-to-date A/V program will
>> continue to protect you sufficiently. For more, see:
>>
http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3
>>
>> In Tools | Options | Maintenance: Uncheck Compact messages in background and
>> leave it unchecked. {N/A if running XP/SP2 or SP3}.
>> --
>>
>> Bruce Hagen
>> MS-MVP Outlook Express
>> Imperial Beach, CA
>>
>>
>> "Ben Stevenson" <casiopie963@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:eFqisWVnJHA.4392@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...