Outbox wont empty and keeps sending Outlook express

peterseth · Jan 31, 2007, 03:48 PM

And you already scan PC for viruses?

Peter

Leeboy · Jan 31, 2007, 05:34 PM

Yes, I'm actually doing it again. I have avast, ad-aware,spybot and superanti spyware removal ...Do you have any sugestions. And I also deleted my sent folder below 2000 messages. Have you any suggestions about virus scans? Thanks, Lee

peterseth · Jan 31, 2007, 07:12 PM

Try online scan on Trend Micro Enterprise Homepage (Global). Then click PERSONAL, then house call and next you see. It takes few hours, but I have good experiences with it. I don't use Avast, ad-adware today, I think, is not so good. Spyboot is strong but not for all treats.
All this use offline ! (except trendmicro), better in safety mode. Look also in windows32 folder, sort files by datum, check if there is not new file (it is not reason to have new file), also sort by size and check small files. 0kB etc.

Start with trendmicro, if this don't help I send you another tip, but I must look on CDs.

After all scanning, if it goes wrong, if you have Office, make MS Outlook default post klient and check, if the situation repeats. This is the last possibility, when you start Outlook, may be you can cause virus activity, e.g. It copy itself. And then you can also check files and date. New file will be very suspect.

shelly9795 · Jan 16, 2008, 06:32 PM

Did you get this problem to go away? We are having this EXACT problem!

Leeboy · Jan 16, 2008, 06:44 PM

Hi Shelly...no..I'm still having this dumb problem......I also know a few people that are having it as well...Let me know if yiou figure it out.

shelly9795 · Jan 16, 2008, 07:15 PM

I did a google search and a bunch of people said to delete the outbox.dbx and the sent folder too, and when you go back into the Outlook Express, it will create new outbox and sent items folders, here is a paste from another user,and it worked for me, Maybe delete the entire 'outbox'?....close OE and do a start/ find for .dbx files and delete from there.......and OE will regenerate 'outbox'......hopefully with the contents gone.....

conehead · Jan 22, 2008, 07:51 AM

I've had this problem and did all that was suggested. But what worked was the following:

I went to my sent box and deleted all messages or saved important messages in newly created folders under local folders. Totally deleting all in the sent box.
That worked - it seems that when the sent box gets full, new messages cannot go into the box, so they remain in the outbox.

InsuranceGuy · Aug 7, 2008, 06:36 AM

I had the same problem. I used Coneheads method and it worked like a champ. Thanks! Also, FYI, I created a sub-folder under the sent folder and moved most of the stuff to it. Not all yet, as there was a bunch in there.

Tenriff · Feb 17, 2009, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by conehead

I've had this problem and did all that was suggested. But what worked was the following:

I went to my sent box and deleted all messages or saved important messages in newly created folders under local folders. Totally deleting all in the sent box.
That worked - it seems that when the sent box gets full, new messages cannot go into the box, so they remain in the outbox.

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Outbox wont empty and keeps sending Outlook express

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