Win Mail Outlook express
Posted by admin on Jun 15th, 2007
I have amessage in my OUTBOX which i cannot delete and this is stopping me sending mail, although I can recieve mail. I s this a known problem and how can i resolve this. Jeff
Posted by admin on Jun 15th, 2007
I have amessage in my OUTBOX which i cannot delete and this is stopping me sending mail, although I can recieve mail. I s this a known problem and how can i resolve this. Jeff
Jun 21st, 2007 at 11:33 am
The heavy approach is to delete the database and its backup.Try this instead. Add your mail account a second time so you have two copies of it. Then remove the first copy that was default, so you are only left with the new one. Then see if that fixes it.So go to Tools | Accounts | Add | Mail and add your mail account again and choose not to download it at this time at the end. Then go to Tools | Accounts and make that second account the default. Then select the first account and remove it. Then close and reopen WinMail and see what happens.steve"Jeff Brehaut"
Jun 26th, 2007 at 05:29 pm
will affect the mail that i have in winmail Jeff "Steve Cochran" wrote:
Jul 1st, 2007 at 12:24 am
"Jeff Brehaut" Copy or move it, then you can open the folders and drag and drop the .eml files back into Windows Mail itself (not the new store folders).
Jul 2nd, 2007 at 03:41 am
No, creating or deleting accounts does not affect stored mail.Gary VanderMolen "Jeff Brehaut"
Jul 4th, 2007 at 06:46 am
I have tried to remove this problem with the www.oehelp.com/WMUtil/ tool but this does not remove the problem. I still have a rogue email in my outbox which stops me from sending emails. Surely there must be a solution to this problem. Can anyone help to resolve this. Can i reload outlook and use that instead of OE Wmail or will the rogue mail be copied across as well.Jeff Jeff "Gary VanderMolen" wrote:
Jul 8th, 2007 at 03:00 pm
Did you try what I suggested and add your mail account again and remove the original? It won't remove any mail messsages. It might fix the stuck message in the outbox.steve"Jeff Brehaut"
Jul 13th, 2007 at 12:20 am
I have tried deleting and addng a new accont and this does not achieve anything, I still have the same problem although I now have 2 emails with a problem in my outbox, what can i do to resolve this problem, there must be someone aho has the answer, i see that a lot of people have the same problem as this. It this a VISTA Problem and if so who is addressing it. Jeff Jeff "Jeff Brehaut" wrote:
Jul 16th, 2007 at 05:19 am
Move the whole Windows Mail folder where the files are stores, start Windows Mail back up and let it build a new one, then copy the .eml files from the old folders to Windows Mail"Jeff Brehaut"
Jul 19th, 2007 at 04:21 am
THanks but how do i do this ??? Jeff Jeff "DGuess" wrote:
Jul 22nd, 2007 at 06:23 pm
Have you read all the posts in this forum? There are multiple posts with detailed instructions.Gary VanderMolen "Jeff Brehaut"
Jul 23rd, 2007 at 07:25 pm
From a previous post I made.Windows Mail will create the new store and you can drag and drop the old emails from Windows Explorer into Windows Mail. See the info below.Windows Mail has a newer (to them) form of database. Each email is stored separately.Do the following:1) Open Control Panel then select Folder Options. a) click on the Views tab b) Select "Show hidden files and folders" c) Uncheck "Hide extensions for known file types" d) click APPLY then OK. e) Close Control Panel2) From Windows Mail a) Click on the Tools menu b) click on Options c) click on the Advanced tab d) click the Maintenance button e) click the Store Folders button. f) make a note of the location of the message stores. It will be something like: C:\Users\<account name>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Mail g) close Windows Mail3) Open Windows ExplorerWhen it opens, you will see a small black triangle next to the user account name. Click it to collapse it.For the following, the triangle will not appear till you put the mouse over the element in question.Move the mouse to the "Computer" line. A triangle will appear, click on it to expand it.You should see something like "Local Disk (C:)"Click on the triangle to expand it.Locate "Users" and click on the triangle next to it to expand it.Locate <username> and click on the triangle next to it to expand it.Locate "AppData" and click on the triangle next to it to expand it.Locate "Local" and click on the triangle next to it to expand it. Locate "Microsoft" and click on the triangle next to it to expand it.Now, in the right window pane, locate Windows Mail. Click on it.In the left window pane, scroll upward till you see "Local Disk (C:)"Now, in the right window pane, hold them left mouse button down on the Windows Mail folder. Drag it to the "Local Disk (C:)" and release the mouse button. Select MOVE Here.......Now, this may take a bit to get done, depending upon how much mail is there. Give it time.Now, when it's done, create a new folder name Windows Mail to replace the moved one in the C:\Users\<account name>\AppData\Local\Microsoft folder.Now start Windows Mail. It will be empty but that's no biggie.Create a couple of folders in Windows Mail and name them Old Mail, Old Sent. Click on the Old Mail folder to open it. Resize Windows Mail so you can see both Windows Explorer and Windows Mail.In the Windows Mail folder you will see a Local Folders folder, click the triangle to expand it.Locate the Inbox folder. In this folder you will see a lot of .eml files. These are the old emails. Drag and drop ONLY the .eml files to the Old Mail folder in Windows Mail.Do similar for Sent Items to the Old Sent folder.Now, see if Windows Mail works for you. "Jeff Brehaut"