OE6 -- Reducing DBX File Size?
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From: Guv Bob on 21 Jun 2010 17:23 Thanks, Steve. "Steve Cochran" <scochran(a)oehelp.com> wrote in message news:1B6BD1E1-3C3A-4C8E-8FCE-66248857C0F7(a)microsoft.com... 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.
From: Guv Bob on 21 Jun 2010 17:35 "VanguardLH" <V(a)nguard.LH> wrote in message news:ht880o$r0j$1(a)news.albasani.net... > 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. Files are typical for email - a few KB to 5MB max. That's not the problem. I'm talking about compacting DBX files and then having no more disk space than before compacting. > 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? Yes. In the OE folder. See next posting. Yes.
From: Guv Bob on 21 Jun 2010 17:35 Here is a screen capture of the OE6 folder showing DBX files: https://www.yousendit.com/download/YWhQUWVrNXZ0QTFFQlE9PQ "Guv Bob" <brotherdave(a)YEEEEOOOOWWWbigfoot.com> wrote in message news:hqSdnciYb4H2umvWnZ2dnUVZ_rWdnZ2d(a)earthlink.com... Hi Folks, My in-box folder was getting too large, so I deleted about 3/4 of the emails but still the DBX folder shows the same size - 200MB. I tried to compress it and it says there is not enough hard drive space (I have 900 MB of empty space). Any idea how to reduce the size of the inbox? Thanks in advance! Bob
From: PA Bear, MS MVP on 21 Jun 2010 18:04 I've read all of your posts in this thread to-date. 1a. Move any messages that you want to keep out of Sent Items and Deleted Items folders and into other local OE folders you've created for archiving (saving) such messages. 1b. Move 99% of your messages in your Inbox folder to other local OE folders, too. 2a. Write down the location of your identity's store (http:// www.insideoe.com/files/store.htm#storemain). 2b. Enable 'Show Hidden Files and Folders' via Start | Control Panel | Folder Options | View (cf. http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial62.html). 3. Close OE. 4. In Windows Explorer, navigate to your store folder, find & delete the files Outbox.dbx, Sent Items.dbx, and Deleted Items.dbx. To avoid such problems in the future, adhere to the following 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. - Frequently perform a manual compact of all OE folders while "working offline". More at http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm - Do not cancel Automatic Compacting, should it occur, and do not attempt to close OE via Task Manager or shutdown your machine if Automatic Compacting is taking place. - Disable email scanning by your anti-virus application. It can cause corruption (i.e., loss of messages) and provides no additional protection: Why you don't need your anti-virus to scan your email http://thundercloud.net/infoave/tutorials/email-scanning/index.htm -- ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002 On May 21, 2:26 am, "Guv Bob" <brotherd...(a)YEEEEOOOOWWWbigfoot.com> wrote: > Hi Folks, > > My in-box folder was getting too large, so I deleted about 3/4 of the emails but still the DBX folder shows the same size - 200MB. I tried to compress it and it says there is not enough hard drive space (I have 900 MB of empty space). > > Any idea how to reduce the size of the inbox?
From: Guv Bob on 21 Jun 2010 21:57
Thanks very much, PA! Will take your advice. Any idea why, when I compact a folder, the file size still remains the same? I've done this with small and large folders with the same result. Is this normal or possibly something amiss on my system? If normal, I don't see the reason for compacting if there's no disk space to gain. Thanks again for the tips. Bob "PA Bear, MS MVP" <pabearmvp(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:c1273ff2-572c-4572-bb62-cfb7899ba059(a)j8g2000yqd.googlegroups.com... I've read all of your posts in this thread to-date. 1a. Move any messages that you want to keep out of Sent Items and Deleted Items folders and into other local OE folders you've created for archiving (saving) such messages. 1b. Move 99% of your messages in your Inbox folder to other local OE folders, too. 2a. Write down the location of your identity's store (http:// www.insideoe.com/files/store.htm#storemain). 2b. Enable 'Show Hidden Files and Folders' via Start | Control Panel | Folder Options | View (cf. http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial62.html). 3. Close OE. 4. In Windows Explorer, navigate to your store folder, find & delete the files Outbox.dbx, Sent Items.dbx, and Deleted Items.dbx. To avoid such problems in the future, adhere to the following 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. - Frequently perform a manual compact of all OE folders while "working offline". More at http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm - Do not cancel Automatic Compacting, should it occur, and do not attempt to close OE via Task Manager or shutdown your machine if Automatic Compacting is taking place. - Disable email scanning by your anti-virus application. It can cause corruption (i.e., loss of messages) and provides no additional protection: Why you don't need your anti-virus to scan your email http://thundercloud.net/infoave/tutorials/email-scanning/index.htm -- ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002 On May 21, 2:26 am, "Guv Bob" <brotherd...(a)YEEEEOOOOWWWbigfoot.com> wrote: > Hi Folks, > > My in-box folder was getting too large, so I deleted about 3/4 of the emails but still the DBX folder shows the same size - 200MB. I tried to compress it and it says there is not enough hard drive space (I have 900 MB of empty space). > > Any idea how to reduce the size of the inbox? |