Sent messages in OE suddenly stopped being sent to the Sent folder

[Gustavus]

Title describes the problem in a nutshell. Running Windows XP with Outlook Express 6.0. Yesterday morning it suddenly stopped saving sent messages in the Sent folder. Otherwise OE is working perfectly, I can send and receive e-mails. Incoming e-mails are saved in the inbox. The recipients receive the e-mails I send, but as of 10:22 yesterday noting has appeared in the Sent folder. I went to the Tools/Options/Send menu and made sure the Save sent messages to the Send folder was still checked: it was. Rebooting had no effect. I restored the system to a day before the problem: no effect. I unchecked the box to save messages to the Sent folder, rebooted and rechecked the box, applied and rebooted: no effect. I deleted a large number of old messages in the Sent folder: no effect.

I am especially puzzled by the failure of a system restore to fix the problem. Do any of you have a suggestion for something I have overlooked doing?

Thanks

 

[Dahak]

What you many need to is

1) backup the original OE identity first. Copy the Outlook Express folder from here -> Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Local Settings\Application Data\Identities\{BE72803F-096D-4D60-A713-38D3BF0C7CA1}\Microsoft\Outlook Express\

2) you can try to compress the folders,
In OE go to File -> Folders -> Compact all Folders

3) if that does not work, close out look express and delete the Sent Items.dbx and re-open OE. It should re-create that folder and see if it saves.

If it does and you want to keep the old ones from the backup, then you can import them back,

File -> Import > Messages -> Select Program OE 6 -> Select Import from an OE Store, -> point to the backup you made in step 1, -> select Sent Items folder

 

[Gustavus]

Dakak

Thanks. Deleting the Sent folder -- after backing up the contents of course -- and letting it be recreated did the trick. Have no idea of what went wrong, but happy to be back in business.