read Emails revert to unread status
 

-- This problem has started recently. When I recieve an Email, it is marked
as
unread. When I read the Email, it becomes marked as read. Sometime later, it
will become marked as unread again. The time is random, and the Emails
affected seemms to be random as well. Not all of my read Emails will revert
to unread, but just single Emails, even if in a group of emails. This will
happen in my Inbox as well as my deleted box. I am using Outlook Express 6.0
with IE 7.0 while using Windows XP media center. This problem is lless than a
month old.
--
BillyElevator

BillyElevator

read Emails revert to unread status
 

Does this happen to messages in the Inbox only? Move all the messages you
want to save out of the Inbox to a local folder you create and then delete
the Inbox as follows. It is likely corrupted.

Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store Folder will reveal the location of
your Outlook Express files. Press the Tab key to highlight the folder
location, then Ctrl+C. Close OE, then Start | Run | Ctrl+V will put the
location in the box - Click OK and you'll see the OE files. Otherwise, write
the location down and navigate to it in Windows Explorer.

In WinXP, Win2K & Win2K3, the OE user files (DBX and WAB) are by default
marked as hidden. To view these files in Windows Explorer, you must enable
Show Hidden Files and Folders under Start | Control Panel | Folder Options
Icon | View, or in Windows Explorer | Tools | Folder Options | View.

With OE closed, find the DBX file for the folder in question {Inbox.dbx} and
delete it. A new one will be created automatically when you open OE.

General precautions for Outlook Express:

Do not archive mail in default OE folders. They will eventually become
corrupt. Create your own user defined folders for storing mail and move your
mail to them. Empty Deleted Items folder regularly. Keep user created
folders under 100MB, and Default folders as empty as is feasible.

After you are done, follow up by compacting your folders manually while
working *offline* and do it often.

Click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree so no folders are
open. Then: File | Work Offline (or double click Working Online in the
Status Bar). File | Folder | Compact all folders. Don't touch anything until
the compacting is completed.

Turn off e-mail scanning in your anti-virus program. It is a redundant layer
of protection that eats up CPUs and causes a multitude of problems such as
time-outs and account setting changes. Your up-to-date A/V program will
continue to protect you sufficiently. For more, see:
http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3

In Tools | Options | Maintenance: Uncheck Compact messages in background and
leave it unchecked. {N/A if running XP/SP2}.

And backup often.

Outlook Express Quick Backup (OEQB):
http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"BillyElevator" wrote in message
...

-- This problem has started recently. When I recieve an Email, it is
marked
as
unread. When I read the Email, it becomes marked as read. Sometime later,
it
will become marked as unread again. The time is random, and the Emails
affected seemms to be random as well. Not all of my read Emails will
revert
to unread, but just single Emails, even if in a group of emails. This will
happen in my Inbox as well as my deleted box. I am using Outlook Express
6.0
with IE 7.0 while using Windows XP media center. This problem is lless
than a
month old.
--
BillyElevator

BillyElevator

read Emails revert to unread status
 

This also happens in the deleted box. The inbox and deleted box are emptied
regularly.
--
BillyElevator


"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

Does this happen to messages in the Inbox only? Move all the messages you
want to save out of the Inbox to a local folder you create and then delete
the Inbox as follows. It is likely corrupted.

Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store Folder will reveal the location of
your Outlook Express files. Press the Tab key to highlight the folder
location, then Ctrl+C. Close OE, then Start | Run | Ctrl+V will put the
location in the box - Click OK and you'll see the OE files. Otherwise, write
the location down and navigate to it in Windows Explorer.

In WinXP, Win2K & Win2K3, the OE user files (DBX and WAB) are by default
marked as hidden. To view these files in Windows Explorer, you must enable
Show Hidden Files and Folders under Start | Control Panel | Folder Options
Icon | View, or in Windows Explorer | Tools | Folder Options | View.

With OE closed, find the DBX file for the folder in question {Inbox.dbx} and
delete it. A new one will be created automatically when you open OE.

General precautions for Outlook Express:

Do not archive mail in default OE folders. They will eventually become
corrupt. Create your own user defined folders for storing mail and move your
mail to them. Empty Deleted Items folder regularly. Keep user created
folders under 100MB, and Default folders as empty as is feasible.

After you are done, follow up by compacting your folders manually while
working *offline* and do it often.

Click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree so no folders are
open. Then: File | Work Offline (or double click Working Online in the
Status Bar). File | Folder | Compact all folders. Don't touch anything until
the compacting is completed.

Turn off e-mail scanning in your anti-virus program. It is a redundant layer
of protection that eats up CPUs and causes a multitude of problems such as
time-outs and account setting changes. Your up-to-date A/V program will
continue to protect you sufficiently. For more, see:
http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3

In Tools | Options | Maintenance: Uncheck Compact messages in background and
leave it unchecked. {N/A if running XP/SP2}.

And backup often.

Outlook Express Quick Backup (OEQB):
http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"BillyElevator" wrote in message
...

-- This problem has started recently. When I recieve an Email, it is
marked
as
unread. When I read the Email, it becomes marked as read. Sometime later,
it
will become marked as unread again. The time is random, and the Emails
affected seemms to be random as well. Not all of my read Emails will
revert
to unread, but just single Emails, even if in a group of emails. This will
happen in my Inbox as well as my deleted box. I am using Outlook Express
6.0
with IE 7.0 while using Windows XP media center. This problem is lless
than a
month old.
--
BillyElevator

BillyElevator

read Emails revert to unread status
 

Assuming "Mark all messages as read..........." in Tools | Options | Read is
checked, the you may have a damaged identity especially if it is the default
Main Identity. File | Identity | Add New Identity. Create a new one and test
it. If all is well, you can import your messages and Address Book from the
old identity and delete it.

How to Create and Use Identities in Outlook Express
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=209169
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"BillyElevator" wrote in message
...
This also happens in the deleted box. The inbox and deleted box are
emptied
regularly.
--
BillyElevator


"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

Does this happen to messages in the Inbox only? Move all the messages you
want to save out of the Inbox to a local folder you create and then
delete
the Inbox as follows. It is likely corrupted.

Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store Folder will reveal the location of
your Outlook Express files. Press the Tab key to highlight the folder
location, then Ctrl+C. Close OE, then Start | Run | Ctrl+V will put the
location in the box - Click OK and you'll see the OE files. Otherwise,
write
the location down and navigate to it in Windows Explorer.

In WinXP, Win2K & Win2K3, the OE user files (DBX and WAB) are by default
marked as hidden. To view these files in Windows Explorer, you must
enable
Show Hidden Files and Folders under Start | Control Panel | Folder
Options
Icon | View, or in Windows Explorer | Tools | Folder Options | View.

With OE closed, find the DBX file for the folder in question {Inbox.dbx}
and
delete it. A new one will be created automatically when you open OE.

General precautions for Outlook Express:

Do not archive mail in default OE folders. They will eventually become
corrupt. Create your own user defined folders for storing mail and move
your
mail to them. Empty Deleted Items folder regularly. Keep user created
folders under 100MB, and Default folders as empty as is feasible.

After you are done, follow up by compacting your folders manually while
working *offline* and do it often.

Click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree so no folders are
open. Then: File | Work Offline (or double click Working Online in the
Status Bar). File | Folder | Compact all folders. Don't touch anything
until
the compacting is completed.

Turn off e-mail scanning in your anti-virus program. It is a redundant
layer
of protection that eats up CPUs and causes a multitude of problems such
as
time-outs and account setting changes. Your up-to-date A/V program will
continue to protect you sufficiently. For more, see:
http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3

In Tools | Options | Maintenance: Uncheck Compact messages in background
and
leave it unchecked. {N/A if running XP/SP2}.

And backup often.

Outlook Express Quick Backup (OEQB):
http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"BillyElevator" wrote in
message
...

-- This problem has started recently. When I recieve an Email, it is
marked
as
unread. When I read the Email, it becomes marked as read. Sometime
later,
it
will become marked as unread again. The time is random, and the Emails
affected seemms to be random as well. Not all of my read Emails will
revert
to unread, but just single Emails, even if in a group of emails. This
will
happen in my Inbox as well as my deleted box. I am using Outlook
Express
6.0
with IE 7.0 while using Windows XP media center. This problem is lless
than a
month old.
--
BillyElevator

BillyElevator

read Emails revert to unread status
 

View Current view Group messages by conversation: If you disable
(uncheck) this option, do you see new (and unread) messages?
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
AumHa VSOP & Admin; DTS-L.org

BillyElevator wrote:
-- This problem has started recently. When I recieve an Email, it is
marked
as
unread. When I read the Email, it becomes marked as read. Sometime later,
it
will become marked as unread again. The time is random, and the Emails
affected seemms to be random as well. Not all of my read Emails will
revert
to unread, but just single Emails, even if in a group of emails. This will
happen in my Inbox as well as my deleted box. I am using Outlook Express
6.0
with IE 7.0 while using Windows XP media center. This problem is lless
than
a month old.

read Emails revert to unread status
 

What type of mail account is this? POP3, HTTP (Hotmail/MSN) or IMAP?

For a POP3 account, everything is local to your PC. But for HTTP or
IMAP, your OE is a mirror of the mail server. So the issue could be a
problem with the mail server.

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"BillyElevator" wrote in
message ...

-- This problem has started recently. When I recieve an Email, it is
marked
as
unread. When I read the Email, it becomes marked as read. Sometime
later, it
will become marked as unread again. The time is random, and the Emails
affected seemms to be random as well. Not all of my read Emails will
revert
to unread, but just single Emails, even if in a group of emails. This
will
happen in my Inbox as well as my deleted box. I am using Outlook
Express 6.0
with IE 7.0 while using Windows XP media center. This problem is lless
than a
month old.
--
BillyElevator

BillyElevator

read Emails revert to unread status
 

"BillyElevator" wrote in message
...

-- This problem has started recently. When I recieve an Email, it is
marked
as
unread. When I read the Email, it becomes marked as read. Sometime later,
it
will become marked as unread again. The time is random, and the Emails
affected seemms to be random as well. Not all of my read Emails will
revert
to unread, but just single Emails, even if in a group of emails. This will
happen in my Inbox as well as my deleted box. I am using Outlook Express
6.0
with IE 7.0 while using Windows XP media center. This problem is lless
than a
month old.
--
BillyElevator

BillyElevator