Outlook Express cannot delete messages

[leatherdykeuk]

When I try to delete messages in OE I get the error 'cannot delete selected message' in any that I've downloaded via POP3. messages from HTTP servers (lycos, hotmail) stilldelets alright, just the POP3 ones won't. My inbox is getting very full!

Any ideas how to repair this?

[Trinity]

Can you log into the server where your POP3 mail comes from so you can delete it straight from the server? You may have an email stuck thats causing this.
You could also try doing "maintenance" to clear messages.
In Outlook Express ...Go to Tools~Options~Maintenence tab.
Hit the Clean-Up now button, it will give you the option to Compact,Remove Messages, Delete or Reset.
You could try Remove Messages and Delete to see if that helps.

Another way is to do a search for *dbx files. ie SentItems.dbx, DeletedItems.dbx and deleting them.
This can sometimes clear up a backlog of stuck mail in the program itself.
Be sure to save the emails you want first though. :)

I don't use OE anymore because of things like this happening, I changed to Microsoft Outlook & Thunderbird. Less problems like this happening ;)

hope it helps anyway
Trin x

[leatherdykeuk]

I don't use OE anymore because of things like this happening, I changed to Microsoft Outlook & Thunderbird. Less problems like this happening ;)

Thanks for the help. Unfortunately, nothing worked, and it'll have to be a rebuild. I've tried Thunderbird but it worked once and now won't boot up ~laughs~

Thanks for the help!

[Brenda Luis]

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