Mac Forum / Applications / Outlook Express / August 2003

What do I do to solve this error message..."the mailing list file is corrupt".
PLEASE HELP!

Is there a program that I can download to use smiley's and other emoticons
with OE for Mac?
I would be very grateful if anyone knows of something!
Kind regards,

I have OE 5.01 and Mac OS 9.04 and every time I try to access my deleted
items folder in OE it gives me an i/o error (input/output error)
I have nearly 2000 items in the deleted folder and I need to get rid of
them.

Good morning everyone,
I had a user running Outlook Express 5.02 on a Mac OS 9.2 machine.
This user recently left the company for a new position. They left on
amicable terms.

Anyone--HELP!
I am just switching to OS X and want to import my OE 5.02 mail into
Mail. Whenever I open OE in Classic, it doesn't know anything about my
previous messages, accounts, or anything--it's like a brand new

Have an interesting problem occurring.  When I tried to launch my
Outlook Express (5.0.2) yesterday afternoon, I received the following
message "An error occurred while launching. Not enough memory".
Thinking it was merely something wrong with my system, I tried running

can't send e-mails since Tuseday late evening, August 19.
Error messsage: Mail culd not be sent to account Road Runner."
Explanation: A connction falure has ocurrred.
Error: 3260.

How does one create custom filters for specific addresses or topics?
Ray H.

How would I create an Applescript entry to automatically move junk mail to
my "deleted" mailbox?
Ray H.

I accidently deleted my Microsoft User Data and Identity folders.  I
had a vast amount of old emails stored there.  Is there any way I can
recover them.  I have not saved anything new to the disc, so all the
old data is there, it's just finding a way to re-establish the link.

I recently performed a restore in place on an iMac which replaced some
system files but would create a folder  containing original files. Needless
to say Outlook Express 5 was replaced in original form along with it's
address book.  I realized after I did this that I did not export ...

Have been using OE with my astound service, but can't seem to
adequately filter out all or even most of the SPAM.  Am I doing
something wron?   I have it 'set' on 'High' filter, & still get 10-20 per
day.   This leads me to wanting to cancel my OE accoutn & go strictly

Please help! For the first time ever, I have received the "An error
occurred while launching - The end of file was reached" error message
when trying to launch my OE 5.01 (C) for the MAC.
I researched both Richard Grieve's and Ricky's similar situations on

Trying to export my mail from OE 5 in OS 9.2 to Apple Mail in OSX. Followed
the help instructions.
In OSX, the assistant opened OE in classic. I told me to get the Identities
folder found in the MS User Data folder and place it in the OE 5 folder on

In the recent past I have gotten what looks to be an automatic
response from friends and clients who are out of their offices,
stating that they are on vacation and will be back on a certain date.
  I would like to set this up on Outlook Express for Mac from my