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Nov 26, 2017

Outlook Express sending mails multiple times - FIXED




This is a confirmed bug or issue with Outlook Express.

If you reply or send and email , it will show up in the outbox folder and will issue a Send / Recv Error with no notes on the error.

The issue is , outlook express does not send the email to the "sent" folder after it is sent to the client.

The trouble comes in when outlook express does a Send and Receive , it will send any emails in the outbox again each time the Send and Recv. action takes place.

SOLUTION IS:

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, 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 Outbox.dbx and Sent Items.dbx file and delete them New files will be created automatically when you open OE.

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}.

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