Deleted items.dbx folder unable to purge

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sunslight - 26 Feb 2005 23:53 GMT

I've purged my delete folder from OE, yet
Checking the "deleted items.dbx" file in Ap\ID\#\MS\OE, the folder is huge.
Obviously, the "purge" from OE didn't do anything to the size of the deleted
items dbx folder.

I tried compacting. But that didn't help.
I'm using POP3 protocol.

Is my OE not working right?
How do I bring down the size of the .dbx folder?

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PA Bear - 27 Feb 2005 01:09 GMT

Are you compacting correctly?
http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm#compact

If still no joy, close OE. Find and delete Deleted Items.dbx in your
identity's store (http://www.insideoe.com/files/store.htm#storemain).

General OE Caveats:

- Don't use Inbox or Sent Items to archive messages. Move them to local
folders created for this purpose.

- Empty Deleted Items folder daily.

- Disable Background Compacting [N/A in SP2] and frequently perform a manual
compact of all OE folders while "working offline". More at
http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm.

- Your anti-virus application's email scanning feature can also cause
corruption. Disable it. It provides no additional protection.

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MS MVP-Windows (Shell, IE/OE) & Security

> I've purged my delete folder from OE, yet
> Checking the "deleted items.dbx" file in Ap\ID\#\MS\OE, the folder is
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> Is my OE not working right?
> How do I bring down the size of the .dbx folder?

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