> My friend has tried to email about 400Mb of photos through OE in one go!
> Consequently OE has gone pear shaped and will not respond and hangs up
> permanently. He has tried deleting the photos from My Pictures and from the
> Outbox where they are stuck, but no result. Any suggestions welcome.
>
> --
> Quilljar
>
> Never trust anybody who is too sophisticated to own a rubber chicken.
>
> If there was nothing else of importance being sent at the time,Many thanks for this help...problem solved
> navigate to the OE mailstore in Exporer, and delete Outbox.dbx. It
> will be re-created next time you send.
>
> You might also want to check the size of 'Sent Items' if it's over
> 4-500MB then OE will give trouble.
>
> The mailstore is normally under "Documents and Settings\{user}\Local
> Settings\Application Data\ Identities\{number}\Microsoft\Outlook
> Express - and you may need to turn of 'Hide system files' in
> Explorer's options to be able to access it.
>
> If there was nothing else of importance being sent at the time, navigate
> to
> the OE mailstore in Exporer, and delete Outbox.dbx. It will be re-created
> next time you send.
>
> You might also want to check the size of 'Sent Items' if it's over 4-500MB
> then OE will give trouble.
>
> The mailstore is normally under "Documents and Settings\{user}\Local
> Settings\Application Data\ Identities\{number}\Microsoft\Outlook Express -
> and you may need to turn of 'Hide system files' in Explorer's options to
> be
> able to access it.
> Such an easy to find place to put the files.Yeah, tell me about it!
> Tom
> Tom from WI wrote:Vista is much easier.> > Such an easy to find place to put the files.
> > Tom
>>> Tom from WI wrote:>>> > Such an easy to find place to put the files.
>> > Tom
> Vista is much easier.
>
> In Vista Explorer it _looks_ like it's under 'Documents and
> Settings\{user}\Local Settings\Application Data\' but it's actually
> someplace
> else altogether. :-/
>
> I just know I'm gonna luurve supporting Vista.
>
>
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