Re: Outlook Express 6.0

[Tom Jedrzejewicz <tomjedrz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 9:12 AM, Lukas Beeler
<lukas.beeler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 17:59, John Jones <chianime@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I'd suggest looking for tools to repair corrupted .PST files. ÂI think it's
> > more common for your data to become corrupt than for the app itself.
>
> Outlook Express doesn't use .pst files - only Outlook does.
>
> Outlook Express uses .mdx and .dbx files. I've tried to look for a
> tool i've used in the past, but the first five pages of Google Search
> results are full of spam.

Oops, sort of.  I read when doing my quick research that the "Inbox
Repair Tool" will repair OE mailboxes, and as I understand it the tool
is installed with Windows and OE rather than with Office/Outlook.

Another alternative I have seen is to move the .dbx and .mdx files
somewhere and open OE.  If OE opens after removing the mailbox files,
corruption was the problem.  If it doesn't, re-install it. Then use
the import option (which can import from Outlook Express files) to
re-import the messages.

Still, I recommend going to Thunderbird or Gmail rather than putting
time into Outlook Express.  Both can import the old messages easily
enough.

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Tom Jedrzejewicz