I manually compact every night after permanently deleting the deleted items in OE 5.50. I have never had a problem. I do do it in offline mode or it usually will not finish compacting all folders. I rarely allow any automatic-anything on my computer. I have nothing "scheduled" and manually perform all maintenance. That way I know nothing is going to kick in when I am doing something that might cause overkill on the PC. I also check every evening before signing off to see if there is an AV update. Generally I receive an update before receiving an email notice of update from the AV vendor. I have found that Win98 does not like multiple tasks and manually performing maintenance and updates works for me. Elaine ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2001 9:33 PM Subject: Re: [OE] folders disappeared > Robert= > I see you keep posting this , OE, MS dont concur, also I have over 240 > folders subfolders and sub sub folders , since 1997, and I run compact in > the background , I have never lost a folder once , what can you mean it > happens all the time when I run OE on 3 systems here and have never had this > problem and I checked with MS and they claim it don't happen, , where is > proof, because since it it dont happen to me, dont mean it dont happen, I > just want proof on this statement , where do you get this info? > If they disappear from OE they are not deleted then where are they , > would not a *.dbx in find files find them ? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robert Hays" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, May 18, 2001 7:08 AM > Subject: Re: [OE] folders disappeared > > > > Happens all the time John. > > MS OE 5+ has a glitch in it that can and will cause the loss of msg.,s > and/or > > entire folders. > > If you have OE set to compact in the back ground ,,,, turn it off. > > > > Go to Tools / Options / Maintenance and uncheck the option to compact > > folders in the background. > > > > There appears to be a problem wherein when OE tries to access a folder > (e.g. > > to put a newly downloaded message in it) while it is being compacted some > > messages or the whole folder may be lost. > > > > Once you have turned off background compacting, do it regularly (once a > > week?) by first putting OE in off-line mode (VERY important) and then > using > > File / Folder / > > Compact All. _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Elaine, I never compact folders. What's the big deal ? Keith [email protected] Anne Arundel Co., Md., USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "ETM" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 11:37 AM Subject: Re: [OE] folders disappeared > I manually compact every night after permanently deleting the deleted items > in OE 5.50. I have never had a problem. I do do it in offline mode or it > usually will not finish compacting all folders. I rarely allow any > automatic-anything on my computer. I have nothing "scheduled" and manually > perform all maintenance. That way I know nothing is going to kick in when I > am doing something that might cause overkill on the PC. I also check every > evening before signing off to see if there is an AV update. Generally I > receive an update before receiving an email notice of update from the AV > vendor. I have found that Win98 does not like multiple tasks and manually > performing maintenance and updates works for me. > > Elaine > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dan" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2001 9:33 PM > Subject: Re: [OE] folders disappeared > > > > Robert= > > I see you keep posting this , OE, MS dont concur, also I have over 240 > > folders subfolders and sub sub folders , since 1997, and I run compact in > > the background , I have never lost a folder once , what can you mean it > > happens all the time when I run OE on 3 systems here and have never had > this > > problem and I checked with MS and they claim it don't happen, , where is > > proof, because since it it dont happen to me, dont mean it dont happen, I > > just want proof on this statement , where do you get this info? > > If they disappear from OE they are not deleted then where are they , > > would not a *.dbx in find files find them ? > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Robert Hays" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Friday, May 18, 2001 7:08 AM > > Subject: Re: [OE] folders disappeared > > > > > > > Happens all the time John. > > > MS OE 5+ has a glitch in it that can and will cause the loss of msg.,s > > and/or > > > entire folders. > > > If you have OE set to compact in the back ground ,,,, turn it off. > > > > > > Go to Tools / Options / Maintenance and uncheck the option to compact > > > folders in the background. > > > > > > There appears to be a problem wherein when OE tries to access a folder > > (e.g. > > > to put a newly downloaded message in it) while it is being compacted > some > > > messages or the whole folder may be lost. > > > > > > Once you have turned off background compacting, do it regularly (once a > > > week?) by first putting OE in off-line mode (VERY important) and then > > using > > > File / Folder / > > > Compact All. > > > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ==== OUTLOOK-EXPRESS Mailing List ==== > To remove your email address from this list, visit this url: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cheps/maillist.htm > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB >
My AV tells me I need take no action even when I know there is an update ready. Jim SHARPE Manchester UK ----- Original Message ----- From: "ETM" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 4:37 PM Subject: Re: [OE] folders disappeared > I manually compact every night after permanently deleting the deleted items > in OE 5.50. I have never had a problem. I do do it in offline mode or it > usually will not finish compacting all folders. I rarely allow any > automatic-anything on my computer. I have nothing "scheduled" and manually > perform all maintenance. That way I know nothing is going to kick in when I > am doing something that might cause overkill on the PC. I also check every > evening before signing off to see if there is an AV update. Generally I > receive an update before receiving an email notice of update from the AV > vendor. I have found that Win98 does not like multiple tasks and manually > performing maintenance and updates works for me. > > Elaine > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dan" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2001 9:33 PM > Subject: Re: [OE] folders disappeared > > > > Robert= > > I see you keep posting this , OE, MS dont concur, also I have over 240 > > folders subfolders and sub sub folders , since 1997, and I run compact in > > the background , I have never lost a folder once , what can you mean it > > happens all the time when I run OE on 3 systems here and have never had > this > > problem and I checked with MS and they claim it don't happen, , where is > > proof, because since it it dont happen to me, dont mean it dont happen, I > > just want proof on this statement , where do you get this info? > > If they disappear from OE they are not deleted then where are they , > > would not a *.dbx in find files find them ? > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Robert Hays" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Friday, May 18, 2001 7:08 AM > > Subject: Re: [OE] folders disappeared > > > > > > > Happens all the time John. > > > MS OE 5+ has a glitch in it that can and will cause the loss of msg.,s > > and/or > > > entire folders. > > > If you have OE set to compact in the back ground ,,,, turn it off. > > > > > > Go to Tools / Options / Maintenance and uncheck the option to compact > > > folders in the background. > > > > > > There appears to be a problem wherein when OE tries to access a folder > > (e.g. > > > to put a newly downloaded message in it) while it is being compacted > some > > > messages or the whole folder may be lost. > > > > > > Once you have turned off background compacting, do it regularly (once a > > > week?) by first putting OE in off-line mode (VERY important) and then > > using > > > File / Folder / > > > Compact All. > > > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ==== OUTLOOK-EXPRESS Mailing List ==== > To remove your email address from this list, visit this url: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cheps/maillist.htm > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.261 / Virus Database: 131 - Release Date: 06/06/01