HELP! - Outlook Express

[Pixie]

Oh, and could people recommending Gmail etc please think about it....

The email account has got nothing to do with the email client. You could have a Gmail account set up inside Outlook Express, and it lose its information.

Yes, asking the server to keep a copy is a viable solution, but you must then manage your emails in two locations. If this was going to be done, sometimes using IMAP is a better alternative.

Also, having had a client get locked out of his own personal gmail account for 2 weeks... Gmail is not the infallible magic non-breakable email account people seem to think it is.

I forward all important emails to my Gmail account.
Regularly backup Opera Mail.
Use MozBackup on Thunderbird.
Avoid Microsoft apps where ever possible.

[Marknz]

Thanks for all the advice folks! I've copied all the *.dbx files I can find into another folder in My Documents.

Have been speaking with Geeks on Wheels, and they're coming round Tuesday avo to sort it. They've recommended I don't use Outlook Express at all in the meantime, and just use my webmail interface instead. I'm sure I'll get to ask the dude who's coming around lots of interesting q's and I'll make his day.

Cheers
Mark

[Marknz]

Sorted! T'was a faulty Folder.dbx file apparently.

Thumbs up for Geeks on Wheels

[mister.koz]

Glad you got it sorted, i would suggest getting thunderbird and/or using gmail. i've got about 9gb space on my gmail and i am using 2gb and thats emails from the last 8 years. My thunderbird (and outlook) uses gmail as its primary storage so i have the convenience of a mail program and the big ass backup of an online storage engine.

Outlook and outlook express use database files but do not perform maintenance or integrity checks so those files get corrupt, then in a typical microsoft fashion they ignore damage rather than alerting you or helping you fix it.

Thunderbird uses mbox format which is similar to the dbx format that outlook uses but it checks the data file regularly and compacts and repairs the information which keeps the file contiguous.

So without geek-speak:
Microsoft applications often work well but they are prone to crapping in their pants and hiding it till it reeks out the whole house. You are better to backup regularly AND use non-microsoft technologies to look after your important stuff.

Thunderbird is allot like outlook express but better in my books and it does allot of things that protects your data from exactly this problem.

There are two types of people in the computer world: people who backup their information and people who have never lost a thing.

PS: cheers for the rec slowfox

[dangerous]

Right... computer no hoper here, now if this has been covered already (havent reed any posts bar the 1st) then refer me to the post, other wise...

my Outlook express stoped automaticaly down loading or down loading full stop my emails from hotmail and clear a week ago, the following is the message I get in the pop up indo that usually tells me all done with a green tick.

Anyone able to help me here?



Unable to poll for new messages on your HTTP server. Account: 'Hotmail', Server: 'http://services.msn.com/svcs/hotmail/httpmail.asp', Protocol: HTTPMail, Server Response: 'Forbidden', Port: 0, Secure(SSL): No, Server Error: 998, Socket Error: 87, Error Number: 0x800CCC33

Header download for the 'Inbox' folder did not complete. Account: 'Hotmail', Server: 'http://services.msn.com/svcs/hotmail/httpmail.asp', Protocol: HTTPMail, Server Response: 'Forbidden', Port: 0, Secure(SSL): No, Server Error: 998, Socket Error: 87, Error Number: 0x800CCC33

Outlook Express could not download the requested message. It is likely that the message was removed or expired from the server. Subject 'Reply to thread 'First aid kits?'', Account: 'Hotmail', Server: 'http://services.msn.com/svcs/hotmail/httpmail.asp', Protocol: HTTPMail, Server Response: 'Forbidden', Port: 0, Secure(SSL): No, Server Error: 998, Socket Error: 87, Error Number: 0x800CCC33

[scracha]

http://v3.izymail.com/gmailconfig.aspx
&
http://lifehacker.com/241120/how-to-...ail-from-gmail

Get Gmail to pull in your hotmail. Set your email client up with IMAP and viola.

Recommend switching to Thunderbird as the email client. It'll transfer your email from OE very easily and basically just works.

[phred]

Can also try recuva to locate missing and/or deleted files. also is right price - free.
The never use outlook express again. dodgy program from dodgy company. suggest pine , elm or mutt

[dangerous]

shit guys... all i want is my OE to work again, all that info is one big sycababble to me.

cheers Ill get some one that can desifer that lingo into english, or dangereses for me.

[scracha]

Can you open your webbybrowser and check if you can get your email at http://www.hotmail.com/

(think it diverts to windoze live these days) ??

[scracha]

Turns out dangerous is know fule. Micro$haft effectively hobbled Hotmail on September the 1st by killing off DAV.

http://windowslivewire.spaces.live.c...59!40879.entry


Solution is here. Probably just as easy to switch to Windows Live mail.

http://windowslivehelp.com/solutions...k-express.aspx

[dangerous]

yeah... thanks for the help man, duno what ya did but thanks.

kinda creapy watching ya comp being controled from another island aye, 2nd nature to you but for me it would be like building you a house from here... yeah weird shit aye

Right of to sus a new email account as hotmail can take a running jump...

[Argyle]

Your internet provider might store them on their server?