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Windows Forum / Windows Vista / Mail / May 2008Windows Mail (Vista) sent folder empties periodically
Windows mail. Just sent a question but did not specify I was talking about Windows Mail. Where do the sent items go to when they apparantly are deleted/emptied from folder? Does not appear anti virus software causing the problem.  SignatureLen Unless *you* do the deleting, nothing in Windows Mail will delete messages from the Sent Items folder. Which antivirus are you running? SignatureGary VanderMolen, MS-MVP > Windows mail. Just sent a question but did not specify I was talking about > Windows Mail. Where do the sent items go to when they apparantly are > deleted/emptied from folder? Does not appear anti virus software causing the > problem. Thanks for your reply. Using McAfee via Comcast for anti virus. I have since turned off scanning of outgoing emails. There is a setting for compacting in Windows Mail via Tools-Advanced-Maintenace that I unclicked. Do not know if this has any effect on by problem. But I guess my question was whether sent messages are archived automatically somehow and where does the file go? Regardless, the messages are gone and the second time this has happened. Posted simlar question back on May 14 and could not get a resolution then either. SignatureLen > Unless *you* do the deleting, nothing in Windows Mail will delete > messages from the Sent Items folder. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > deleted/emptied from folder? Does not appear anti virus software causing the > > problem. There is no provision for archiving messages in Windows Mail. The compaction feature in Windows Mail does nothing with messages. All it does is remove empty spaces from the database which is the index to the messages. It should not be turned off, or else database accesses will become slower and slower. McAfee tends to corrupt messages even when its email scanning is turned off. SignatureGary VanderMolen, MS-MVP > Thanks for your reply. Using McAfee via Comcast for anti virus. I have since > turned off scanning of outgoing emails. There is a setting for compacting in [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >> > deleted/emptied from folder? Does not appear anti virus software causing the >> > problem. I restored the compaction feature. That makes sense. Gary, if I have this problem with McAfee, wouldn't hundreds of thousands be saying the same as I? SignatureLen > There is no provision for archiving messages in Windows Mail. > [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > >> > deleted/emptied from folder? Does not appear anti virus software causing the > >> > problem. The problems caused by McAfee are slow to show up, often taking months for the people who come here to complain about them. Still there are about 20 a day who report problems caused by either Norton or McAfee, depending on which they have, and occasionally a few who complain about problems caused by a recent version of Trend, or by some other program. >I restored the compaction feature. That makes sense. > [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] >> >> > causing the >> >> > problem. I noted a topic below mine regarding sending of email. I have windows mail (vista premium) and also have home office, electing to save a few bucks in buying office without Outlook and utilize new "Windows Mail" incorporated with Vista. SignatureLen > There is no provision for archiving messages in Windows Mail. > [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > >> > deleted/emptied from folder? Does not appear anti virus software causing the > >> > problem. Robert answered your earlier question. I'm not sure if you intended to ask a question in your paragraph below. SignatureGary VanderMolen, MS-MVP >I noted a topic below mine regarding sending of email. I have windows mail > (vista premium) and also have home office, electing to save a few bucks in [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] >> >> > deleted/emptied from folder? Does not appear anti virus software causing the >> >> > problem. |
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