Inbox problem

In Outlook express, how do I get the incoming emails, to
sort themselves into the inbox sub folders at present all
accounts come in as various accounts?

Nigel Riordan wrote:

In Outlook express, how do I get the incoming emails, to
sort themselves into the inbox sub folders at present all
accounts come in as various accounts?

By using Message Rules (Tools | Message Rules | Mail) and creating rules to
perform the actions you require.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP

Cross-posted/Followup set to WinME General newsgroup.

Kevin, because you didn't uninstall IE6 before reinstalling WinME, you've
now got what the WinME pros waves to Noel, MikeM, et al. call "version
soup".

Keep that OE backup handy and don't delete anything you want to have in OE
from your ISP's mail server.

The only way you're gonna get straightened out is by uninstalling and
reinstalling IE via the steps (all of 'em!) on MVP Noel Paton's page:

http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/ReInIE.htm

Please post all followup to the WinME General newsgroup. You're in much
better hands there, Kevin. Once you're straightened out, you should be able
to import your backup into OE without a problem and then download messages
on the server.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE) & Security


Kevin22 wrote:
Robear,

Only reinstalled WinME from the OEM disc which brought me back to IE 4.
Did not uninstall IE 6. IE is currently at 6.0.2800.1106 and OE is at
5.50.4133.2400.

Have noticed another problem in Express. All my folders now include 2 of
each message.

So should my steps be:
-Clear out sent items and Deleted Items. (Can't do inbox since it is
inaccessible.)
- Compact all the folders and back them up.
- Uninstall OE & IE.
- Reinstall OE & IE.
- Import the folders back in.

Then I should be good?

Thanks for your input.
Kevin


"PA Bear" wrote:

Try compacting all OE folders. See below. (Ideally, you would have
compacted them before creating the backup.)

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.

Possibly unrelated to your current problem:

Was IE6 installed prior to the reinstall of WinME? If so, did you
uninstall IE6 before reinstalling WinME?

IE Help About What version (e.g., IE 6.00.1234.5678XX =include any
letters at the end)?

OE Help About What version?
--
OE6-specific newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...tlooke xpress

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE) & Security, AH-VSOP

Inside Outlook Express
http://www.insideoe.com

Kevin22 wrote:
Did a reinstall of the OS(WinME) on my system and have problems in the
email
message transfer.

Used the program suggested in the OE6 Discussion group. It was at
www.oehelp.com/oebackup/default.aspx. I was able to backup the
messages, but
could not correctly restore them using that program.

Basically I did the following steps.
- Updated Outlook Express to 6.0. Next time it was started all
messages that
were in my email were automatically downloaded. (Had not meant that to
happen.)
- Moved the files in the Inbox to a 'Transfer' folder to prevent them
from being written over.
- Tried "oebackup" to restore without success.
- Did a 'drag and drop' of Inbox.dbx to test it. That was the bad
move. Have
received error messages when going into Inbox since then.
- I was successful in doing an import through OE from where the email
folders were saved.

Clicking on the 'Inbox' currently says "Folder Could not be Displayed:
Possible causes Low Disk Space or Low Memory". Trying to receive
messages gets "An unknown error has occurred.........No, Error
Number: 0x800C012E".

Tried a reinstall of OE without success.

Sorry this wasn't shorter. Thanks for anything.

Kevin

Forward to WinME General.
--
~PA Bear

Kevin22 wrote:
Thanks for all your suggestions.

I'll try the steps on that website and post anything else in the WinME
group.

Thanks,
Kevin

Thanks for the follow-up, Robear!

I'll keep an ear to the ground for a re-appearance.

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's

"PA Bear" wrote in message
...
Forward to WinME General.
--
~PA Bear

Kevin22 wrote:
Thanks for all your suggestions.

I'll try the steps on that website and post anything else in the WinME
group. Thanks,
Kevin