1. It's 'compact', not 'compress'.
2. It's a new feature in OE6/WinXP SP2. Allow this compacting to take place
when prompted or risk loss of all messages!
The Other E-Mail Threat: File Corruption in Outlook Express:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/community/columns/filecorruption.mspx
3. General OE 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.
- Disable Background Compacting [N/A in SP2] and frequently perform a manual
compact of all OE folders while "working offline". More at
http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm.
- Your anti-virus application's email scanning feature can also cause such
corruption. Disable it. It provides no additional protection.
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OE6-specific newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE) & Security, AH-VSOP
Inside Outlook Express
http://www.insideoe.com