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**JoeSpareBedroom**

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
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"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message
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"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
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Your problem may be caused by the specific newsgroup, (most likely). It
could be caused by Folders.dbx, (less likely), or even a damaged
identity.

That was my theory, too (specific newsgroup). So, I unsubscribed from
that group, compacted folders, shut down OE, and made sure that
particular NG .dbx file was really gone from the message folder.
Restarted OE, subscribed to that NG again, and had the same problem.

As far as Folders.dbx goes, from Tom's site:

Understand though that you will lose the mail tree structure, all lists
of newsgroups, and all synchronization options, and that message rules
will likely need to be edited.

The only problem with the tree structure is any subfolders will be under
Local Folders and have to be dragged back to their previous location.
Not a big deal. Losing the newsgroups will take more time to recreate.
Also deleting Folders.dbx does not, {should not}, result in any loss of
messages.

I can deal with losing newsgroups. I've only got a dozen. Message rules -
I wonder about exporting them from the registry before I start messing
things up, and then bringing them back in again later.

I tested on another identity, and the only thing that happened to my rules
were they had the red check where the black check should have been. These
were only rules that moved messages to a specified folder and respecifying
put them back in order. I do not know for sure what exactly to expect with
other rules such as Subject, so a backup would be wise.

Use either the Clone or Partial methods he
http://www.insideoe.com/backup/partial.htm
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Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

Thank you, Bruce.