Receiving number of messages leads to corruption of Inbox.dbx file
Posted by admin on January 27th, 2011Deletion process of Outlook Express application is same as other e-mail application. Data gets deleted from application so that more data can be easily saved. When a deletion operation is performed in Outlook Express, data of the application does not get removed permanently. Only the space is marked as free. Some other methods are also available to free-up space in Outlook Express application. But at times, a problem is faced while receiving data. Corruption is the main problem causing factor. However, such situations can be easily overcome. Simply, Recover Outlook Express application using a commercial Outlook Express Repair tools.
Let’s consider an error message that is encountered when you try to receive email messages in Outlook Express. The process to receive messages remain unsuccessful. Error message looks like this:
“There is not enough disk space. Account: (mail account), Protocol: POP3, Port: 110, Secure(SSL): No, Error Number: 0×800C013C.”
Receiving e-mail messages regularly increases the size of the Inbox folder.
Cause:
This error in Outlook Express is seen when the Inbox.dbx gets corrupt or damaged.
Solution:
To solve the above error, you need to close Outlook Express application. After closing it, change the name of Inbox.dbx file. An important information to keep in mind is that restarting Outlook Express application will automatically regenerate Inbox.dbx file. But the old items of Inbox folder will be lost.
(1) Close Outlook Express application.
(2) Go to Start -> Find -> Files or Folders.
(3) Write Inbox.dbx in the Named box.
(4) Select drive C from Look In box, and then select Find Now.
(5) Rename the Inbox.dbx file, by right clicking the file.
(6) Change the name of the file to Inbox.old, and select OK.
(7) Restart Outlook Express application. The application will automatically make a new Inbox.dbx file.
To know more about renaming files, go to Start → Help. Select Index tab. Enter the files you want to rename, and then select the topic in the list.
Above steps are quite useful, but many times error message cannot be resolved by these steps. In such a situation, there is a need to select a third-party DBX Repair tool. These tools Recover Outlook Express data and make the application usable again. For searching these software, just search on the Internet.
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