Should have asked me, that's the 3rd or 4th thing I'd have done. Not that 
I've had that problem, but I have had problems similar in the past where 
deleting a folder fixes the problem.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Howard Kaufman" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 9:00 AM
Subject: off topic


>I have had a problem ever since I migrated to outlook express a couple of
> years ago.  When I deleted messages, they didn't appear in the deleted 
> items
> mailbox like they are supposed to.  I just realized that the size of the
> file was very big and didn't change.  Since I have a backup of my outlook
> express folder, I deleted the deleeteditems mail box.
> I ran Outlook express, it created the mailbox, I deleted two messages and
> looked in the deleeteditems mailbox, there they are.  After trying
> everything I could think of, and asking everybody I knew, and 
> re-installing
> IE which installs Outlook express according to info I found on the web,
> there is the answer.
> So if any of you have the same problem there is the answer.
>