Mac Forum / Applications / Outlook Express / December 2003

I think I've narrowed my problem to a corrupt database file, but
everything works fine until I try to export my contact list for use
elsewhere.  I'm running a G4 466 with lots of ram, OE 5.0.6 on system
9.2.2.  When I remove the database file from the identities folder and

I keep all my old mail.  Outlook Express hold all of it in
one large file, "Messages".  That file has become so big it
becomes cumbersome when I do backups.  I'd like therefore
to split it into two files:  one containing all my old

I have an imac with OS X 10.2. I have OE and Office 98 installed in the
classic mode but for whatever reason I can't get the spell checking feature
to work. Is there a secret to get OE to recognize that Office 98 is
installed? I also have Office for X installed. Could that be ...

I have a mailing list that I keep alphabetized to avoid double
entries.  I can't figure out how to do this in Outlook Express.  It
seems to only let me add a new email to the group at the END of the
list, and has no command to let me alphabetize the list.  Help!  Am I

I'm using OE 5.0.6, with a G3, OS 9.2.1. I previously used Eudora, and
imported emails, address book, etc. into OE. When I try to add a Rule to OE
(for keeping Spammers away), by going to Tools: Rules, the Add Criterion is
greyed out. I tried to remove my Identity in Documents: ...

Thanks for your response, Richard. It works!
I tried to email you a personal "thanks" but the message
could not get through using your email address I saw on the
screen.

I'm using OE 5.0.6 on OS X and can't send mail from my hotmail account, I
get error 1503. On my other email account I can't send mail because the mail
server requires smtp authentication and I don't see how to set that up. I'm
a recent switcher and I'm beginning to regret it since ...

I was having trouble sending e-mails. It wouldn't work most of the time.
I was instructed to reconfigure my Outlook Express e-mail from Earthlink
support. "Drag and drop preferences to the trash"
I emptied trash thereby loosing my e-mail addresses, saved items, projects,

Hi. I've attempted on several occasions to utilitze OE to access my
hotmail and  Yahoo email accounts. I've tried configuring my accounts
in OE and I even have a hotmail icon in my outlook interphase and oe
tries to get mail from Hotmail, but I never nothing ever happens. Can

For the last week or so, I've received duplicates (sometimes, at
first, up to FOUR copies) of all emails except the test ones I sent
myself.  I just spent hours in last couple of weeks setting up a new
mindspring address, but that one doesn't seem to be affected.  Only my

Happy holidays to all you brothers and sisters,
Upon opening my outlook express, I discovered that all the
inbox messages disappeared.
How can I retrieve them?

Some how I moved my in-box icon on my folder column [left side of
screen] from 1st position to instead be inside another folder icon.
I just made a new folder, I had the mouse button down & it moved.  
The folder it's now in is close to the new folder.

I've never been "in" a newsgroup so far, never used a PC, and here I am,
typing on my wife's PC, trying to get some help. English is not my mother
tongue too, as you may already have noticed. Hope I'm doing ok...
Here's my problem:

 My trouble is this. I know my ISP requires the
authentication to send email. I can receive fine. When I
try to I get error 5500, "the server does not understand
the request". I have authentication set up correctly, but

When I try to open outlook express it gives an error "an
error accrued while launching the end of the file was
reached.