Wrong date when copying from Hotmail folder to local Saved Mail folder

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Les Hewitt - 24 Aug 2005 14:56 GMT

If I copy a message from Outlook Express' Hotmail / Inbox folder into my
local Saved Mail folder it shows up with the wrong date on it. :-S

Does anyone know why and how to fix this?

Regards,

Les >;-)

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PA Bear - 24 Aug 2005 22:33 GMT

Your current Identity may be damaged, especially if its the default Main
Identity. Try one or more of your accounts in a new Named Identity
(File>Identities>Add new identity). Assuming all is well, import messages
from the old Identity before deleting it (File>Identities>Manage
Identities).

To avoid such corruption in future:

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://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/files/maintain.htm.

Do not attempt to close OE via Task Manager or shutdown your machine if
Automatic Compacting is taking place (WinXP SP2 only).

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

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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), AH-VSOP

> If I copy a message from Outlook Express' Hotmail / Inbox folder into my
> local Saved Mail folder it shows up with the wrong date on it. :-S
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> Les >;-)

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Les Hewitt - 28 Aug 2005 00:50 GMT

Many thanks to "PA Bear" for the advice, for which I'm very grateful.

For those of you who, like me, didn't know what the MS MVP and AH-VSOP
acronyms mean I've included these links:

http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpexecsum

http://aumha.org/vsop.php

Briefly it all boils down to "This guy knows his stuff... and they know he
does." :-)

Thanks again Robear!

Les >:-)

> Your current Identity may be damaged, especially if its the default Main
> Identity. Try one or more of your accounts in a new Named Identity
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PA Bear - 28 Aug 2005 21:34 GMT

YW, Les, and thanks for the feedback.

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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), AH-VSOP

> Many thanks to "PA Bear" for the advice, for which I'm very grateful.
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