When I select <TOOLS><LOCAL FILE CLEANUP><COMPACT> folder compaction starts
but stops with the error message...
The folders file is currently in use by Outlook Express or by another
application.

    I want to create an e-mail rule that will delete any messages that come
in with a blank subject line.   How do I do this?   I attempted to create a
rule that had '' (two single quotation marks, no space in between), thinking
that OutlookExpress would interpret that as a blank, ...

whether I'm responding to or forwarding a message. It does
NOT show when I first type the message. Only after it is
sent (and in my sent items) do I see the subject line, or
part of it, in the body.

I have email account with VSNL. but they are not providing ISP service in
our city and I am using another ISP who does not have SMTP server for
sending email.
Now what happens with me is that , i can only receive email in outlook

I have OE 5.0 on my Windows 98 machine.
Recently I created new identity, that I want to use
permanently instead of main identity.
The problem is OE is switching back to main identity after

I've never had this problem before, it just started about
three weeks ago.  Can someone help?  I've tried reloading
everything and it still does not work.  Other e-mail
accounts in the household that use Hotmail work just fine,

When I send an email using outlook express, the receiver
does not see my return address, they see ##############
They cannot reply as the address is not valid.  I have
checked Email set up and everything looks correct,

How can i get OutlookExpress to use with InternetExplorer
5.0

Can anyone tell me how to remove an email address from the
blocked list?  I accidentially marked 2 good customer
addresses as block and need to get them unblocked.
Thanks,

Continuously can't send E-Mail acct "Error Message". Am
told anti-virus program "PC-cillin 2003" possibly causing
the problem. Tried creating new OE account and even
shutting down the anti-virus program to no avail. Any

Can anyone help me find the file containing my block
sender list?
Tried looking anywhere. cant find it
Im using Explorer 6

Is there a way to block e-mail from a certain IP
address?  It seems that spam servers keep changing their
domain names but the IP address stays the same.
TIA

I'm using OE5 with the IE5.01 browser on an old Windows 95
box..  My problem is the upper case punctuation (#@!&< for
example) for some reason comes across as code(?) on all
the emails I send.. for example @ is +AEA and < is +AD4

Within the past week OE-6 has stopped adding the > marks to messages to
which I reply or forward.  I have not changed any settings.  I have
confirmed that I have the box checked (under options, send) to include > on
forwarding/replying.  Any ideas on what has happened, and how to ...

As I analyze my accumulated spam I realize that %80+ comes from countries in
which I have no other contacts.  Is it possible, using the block sender
function, or the various filtering rules, to block an entire country, such
as Korea or Finland which provide me with more than enough ...