An unknown error has occured

[V]

I am accumulating a lot of emails that I cannot delete or move from my
inbox. When I try to delete or move them, I get a message, 'An unknown error
has occurred.

Is there a cure?

 

[Gary VanderMolen [MVP]]

Make sure you have installed Vista's SP1 and SP2 updates.
If the problem continues, try running the various repair functions in
the WMUtil program: http://www.oehelp.com/WMUtil

If still no improvement, upgrade to Windows Live Mail:
http://download.live.com/wlmail

 

[V]

I started looking thru the sites below, and my eyes started to roll back
into my head....

So, for the fun of it, I rt. clicked on one the mails i could not delete and
tried to see the properties; on one mail, the server couldnt find message,
on another a message to the effect of 'cant disply properties...'. So I
marked one of the mails 'Read' (most were un-read junks), and THEN it
deleted. And all the others deleted too, as normal, read or un-read. go
figure....

For what its worth...

 

[unknown]

I have found one way.

Go to the Windows Mail Folder under
C:\Users\"user"\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Mail\Local Folders

Under this you will find your Outbox, Inbox, Etc. By clicking on each
folder you will see what is in each folder but not in the same form as you
look at them in Windows Mail. By deleting these files, you can go back to
Windows Mail and delete everything in every folder there.

 

[Gary VanderMolen [MVP]]

Not recommended, except as a last resort, because doing that will
corrupt the message database.
First try the repair methods in WMUtil: http://www.oehelp.com/WMUtil