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From: VanguardLH on 22 May 2010 05:27
Guv Bob wrote:

> I moved a bunch of files to an external disk and got 2GB of free
> memory. Also I copied some of the larger DBX files off the primary
> HD and now can compact folders. The compacting process appears to
> proceed to completion as normal, but when finished there is no more
> free disk space, and the compacted DBX files are the same size as the
> un-compacted files.

So how many files was "3/4 of the e-mails" in the Inbox folder? What
was their total size in kilobytes? You might've deleted some files but
not many files, or you deleted many files but they were all just a
couple kilobytes in size so in total there wasn't many bytes deleted to
then physically purge with a compaction.

Are you sure that the .dbx files you are looking at are in the path used
by Outlook Express? Where are you finding the .dbx files? If you
receive a new e-mail, do you see the timestamp on the inbox.dbx file
also get updated?

NOTE: Do *not* post to newsgroups using quoted-printable format (never
recommended for Usenet posts). In OE, configure its Newsgroup settings
to send using plain-text, use MIME encoding, select None, and set
word-wrap to 72 characters for line length, and indent quoted text using
the ">" character.
From: Steve Cochran on 22 May 2010 08:23
Try what I suggested in the paragraph you quoted below.

steve

"Guv Bob" <brotherdave(a)YEEEEOOOOWWWbigfoot.com> wrote in message news:2MqdnUv8xKvlGmrWnZ2dnUVZ_tGdnZ2d(a)earthlink.com...
"Steve Cochran" <scochran(a)oehelp.com> wrote in message news:8230BA2E-CE66-462C-BA47-D64584C2BB40(a)microsoft.com...

Go to Start | Programs | Accessories | System Tools | Disk cleanup and run that and see what kind of space you can free up on the hard drive. If you still get the inability to compact the file, then move all the messages to another folder. Then with OE closed, delete the inbox.dbx file. Then you will have a new and very small inbox.

Thanks, Steve. I moved a bunch of files to an external disk and got 2GB of free memory. Also I copied some of the larger DBX files off the primary HD and now can compact folders. The compacting process appears to proceed to completion as normal, but when finished there is no more free disk space, and the compacted DBX files are the same size as the un-compacted files.

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