Can't delete sent e-mails

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I'm running OE6 on 98SE. I can delete mails from my inbox and other folders
except from my Sent folder which is filling up fast!

I looked to see if I could delete the whole folder but when I point to
Folder under the File option Delete isn't highlighted.

Help!
 
exeman said:
I'm running OE6 on 98SE. I can delete mails from my inbox and other
folders except from my Sent folder which is filling up fast!

I looked to see if I could delete the whole folder but when I point to
Folder under the File option Delete isn't highlighted.

Help!
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Please post to the OE newsgroup:

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news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
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1. Move any messages that you want to keep out of Sent Items and Deleted
Items folders and into other folders you've created for archiving (saving)
such messages.

2. Write down the location of your identity's store
(http://www.insideoe.com/files/store.htm#storemain).

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:

- Don't use Inbox or Sent Items to archive messages. Move them to local
folders created for this purpose.

- Empty Deleted Items folder daily.

- Disable Background Compacting [not available in SP2] and frequently
perform a manual compact of all OE folders while "working offline". More at
http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm

- WinXP SP2 only: Do not shut down your machine while Windows is
automatically compacting your message store.

- Your anti-virus application's email scanning feature can also cause such
corruption. Disable it. It provides no additional protection.
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MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
 
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