Thanks for the reply Gerry, I am not much wiser though, I don't use
newsgroups. and only occasionally use outlook express. mainly use
Pocomail as my email client. why all these files suddenly appeared in
my doc folder on the desktop is a mystery to me. As to those database
programs, no, ain't using them cos I don't know what they are :>)
On Mon, 09 Apr 2001 17:02:32 -0700, Gerald E. Boyd wrote:
>At 12:07 AM 4/10/01 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote the
following:
>
>>Can someone give me a bit of info please, what the heck are idx
files?
>>and what are they for?. All of a sudden I have acquired a very large
>>selection of them in my desktop documents folder and they are all in
>>numerical order. Oh dear Oh dear, what have I done this time? (:>(
>
>Outlook Express index files. The *.MBX (mailbox) file is the main data
>storage area. All your messages are in there, along with other
>information,
>encoded in binary characters. The other file is an *.IDX file, which
>is an
>index to the *.MBX file.
>
>Agent/Free Agent (Newsreader) Index files. The *.DAT (data) file is
>the
>main data storage area. All your subscribed Newsgroup messages are in
>there,
>along with other information, encoded in binary characters. The other
>file
>is an *.IDX file, which is an index to the *.DAT file.
>
>Are you using another database program that use *.IDX (Index) files --
>EzMlm, ANSYS, WordNet, MySQL, Delphi, FoxPro, etc.?
>
>
>--
>Gerry Boyd -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] on 10/04/2001
http://www.webexpressireland.com
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