Topic: Repair outlook express dbx file

[hajdu]

Has a sent items .dbx file which is about over 400 MB.. when open it, there is only a few emails with the file size quite small. any recommended free software if preferably to repair the dbx file?

[mortensen]

Possible recommendations are given in this resource will help you in solving this problem.
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/eb43fb3b-bd62-4421-a8ea-e3e8c6bc6d15/how-to-perform-dbx-extract?forum=itproxpsp

[mortensen]

But also follow these steps to get the information lost:
1. Re-create your mail folder hierarchy by dragging folders into place in the Folder list. Note that any folder you have created to group sub-folders but that     does not itself contain messages will not appear in the Folder list and so must be created again.
2. Re-download the list of newsgroups from each news account.
3. Reset your subscribed newsgroups and download messages again.
4. Reset synchronization options on IMAP and newsgroup folders.
5. Edit any message rule that moves or copies messages to folders other than the Inbox.
These are the steps from which you can get the lost information back. And if your information not recovered again then it might be severe problem.In this case you have to go for recovery software to get your dbx files data back. I can refer you a link with OE-Mail Recovery utility which can surely help you to get your lost data back. Try this link: http://www.outlookexpressrepair.oemailrecovery.com/

[hajdu]

Thanks for the help. I will use your recommendation.

[wudz]

this helped me a lot. thank you