Perhaps the dbextract, or is it dbxtract facility (probably downloadable from TuCows) will let you see what is still left in the folder Otherwise perhaps Majorgeeks, or some other source of utilities will have something for repairing the dbx files
JimB ----- Original Message ----- From: "James David Byrne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 9:31 PM Subject: OE6 Unread mail count wrong, crashing on marking all as read > XP Home, SP2, all updates current, OE6 version from Help/About given as > "6.00.2900.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)" > > From time to time I have been finding, after deleting unread any spam, that > the inbox folder shows one unread mail message, although there are, in fact, > no messages in that folder in that state. If I "Mark all as read", OE ceases > to respond with the msimn.exe process using a variable CPU near to 100%. On > terminating the stalled OE6 app and restarting it, the count is shown > correctly as 0 unread messages - until it happens again. > > While the fault occurred I tried copying the folder contents elsewhere and > then deleting the inbox contents one by one, but the incorrect count > remained with an empty folder. > > In case inbox.dbx was corrupt in some way, I tried deleting the "empty" > folder inbox.dbx file (which examination in Wordpad showed hundreds of old, > long forgotten, messages still in there, even after compacting) so that OE > recreated a new one. Effect still occurs. > > OE operation otherwise normal. Effect never seen for any other folder (many > of which receive new mail via. rules). I don't display unread mail count on > Welcome screen. Deleted folder is emptied on exit. > > AdAware, Counterspy, NAV, HiJackThis (all versions & defs current) show no > unexplained or rogue items/processes on PC. > > Extensive search of MSKB and other resources has found nothing concerning > this problem. > > Help!! Any ideas, folks? > > TIA James :-) > > -- > ---------------------------------------- > To Change your email Address for this list, send the following message: > CHANGE WIN-HOME your_old_address your_new_address > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Note carefully that both old and new addresses are required. > > -- ---------------------------------------- To Change your email Address for this list, send the following message: CHANGE WIN-HOME your_old_address your_new_address to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note carefully that both old and new addresses are required.
