Microsoft Outlook PST archiving is the best practice to keep PST small, manageable, and away from any corruption risks. The AutoArchive simplifies this process by letting users to archive old PST items automatically, based on some pre-specified settings. But in some cases, users observe that the feature do not work, irrespective of correct settings. Amongst other reasons, one reason for this behavior can be corruption of archive.pst that needs Outlook PST Repair solutions to deal with.
For better understanding of the issue, consider an instance when the AutoArchive feature is enabled for your Outlook PST. You realize that PST file size starts growing. On further analysis, you notice that AutoArchive function has stopped working. As a result, old PST objects (as per the settings) are not being archived, adding to the total size of original PST.
Cause
Following is the list of basic causes of above behavior:
1) If the problem is specific to only few of PST items, it could be because they have been set to exclude from being AutoArchived.
2) The archive.pst file is full. PST file limit that is encoded to ANSI format is 2 GB, while that for Unicode formatted PST is 20GB.
3) The mailbox has reached to the maximum size set by mail administrator.
4) Some of PST items cannot be AutoArchivd if their modified dates change and become newer than archiving date. This can occur due to actions, like replying, forwarding, editing, importing, and moving the email, and also by scanning the item using an antivirus software or synchronization utility.
5) Archive.pst is corrupted. AutoArchive cannot work for a corrupted PST.
Solution
Corresponding solutions are as given below:
1) Open the problem PST item, click File | Properties and then uncheck 'Do not AutoArchive this item' option.
2) Clean the full archive.pst file or create a new archive to move the file items.
3) Clean the full mailbox or contact your administrator to increase its limit.
4) Change the modified date of problem item(s) .
5) Repair and perform PST Recovery of corrupted archive.pst using Outlook Inbox Repair Tool (Scanpst.exe). Use a third-party Repair Pst File utility if Scanpst fails.
Outlook PST Repair is a reliable tool to repair corrupted PST created with MS Outlook 2010, 2007, 2003, 2002, and 2000. This PST Recovery utility runs safe scanning algorithms that don't harm the original integrity of file. With an Outlook-resembling interface, the tool can also recover deleted PST items.
Friday, March 5, 2010
How to Solve Blank Body Emails Issues for Sent Items in Outlook Express?
Outlook Express folders, when corrupted,show abrupt symptoms while sending, receiving, or storing e-mails. The folders may either refuse to send/receive more e-mails or appear empty. Most common reasons of corruption in Outlook Express folders are unexpected power outage, virus attack, antivirus software scanning, and background compaction. Thus it is advised to always backup the OE folders, else you may require third party tools to Recover Outlook Express.
Consider, you use Outlook Express as your e-mail client. At times, you observe that when you send an e-mail message, the recipient receives the message properly, in the actual format, but the same message doesn't appear correctly in Sent Items folder of Outlook Express.
When you open a sent message in the Sent Items folder, it either appears as blank or displays the content of another email (most likely, the one that you have sent few days or months back). Users observe similar behavior repeatedly with each e-mail message in Sent Items folder.
Cause
Sent Items folder is corrupted.
Solution
Outlook Express stores the Sent Items folder as Sent Items.dbx on hard disk. To solve the problem, discussed above, you need to locate the file and rename or remove it. To do this:
1. Quit Outlook Express
2. Enable the view of hidden files and folders in folder options
3. Click 'Start' and then 'Search' or 'Find' (depending on the operating system)
4. Type 'Sent Items.dbx' in 'search for all files and folders' dialog box, and press enter
5. Right-click the 'Sent Items.dbx' file
6. Click 'Delete' to remove or 'Rename' to rename the file (type 'Sent Itemsold.dbx to rename)
7. Start Outlook Express to create a new,empty Sent Items folder
The above steps cannot recover e-mails from corrupted folder. This requires the user to either use the last available backup or run an Outlook Express Recovery utility. Designed to run safe scanning algorithms, these tools can Recover Outlook Express and repair corrupted Outlook Express files in an efficient manner way.
Outlook Express Recovery is an advanced utility that incorporates powerful scanning algorithms to repair corrupted *.dbx files. Supporting Outlook Express 5.x and 6.x, this Outlook Express Recovery solution restores the e-mails in *.dbx and *.eml files. The software is compatible with Windows 7, Vista, XP, 2003, and 2000.
Consider, you use Outlook Express as your e-mail client. At times, you observe that when you send an e-mail message, the recipient receives the message properly, in the actual format, but the same message doesn't appear correctly in Sent Items folder of Outlook Express.
When you open a sent message in the Sent Items folder, it either appears as blank or displays the content of another email (most likely, the one that you have sent few days or months back). Users observe similar behavior repeatedly with each e-mail message in Sent Items folder.
Cause
Sent Items folder is corrupted.
Solution
Outlook Express stores the Sent Items folder as Sent Items.dbx on hard disk. To solve the problem, discussed above, you need to locate the file and rename or remove it. To do this:
1. Quit Outlook Express
2. Enable the view of hidden files and folders in folder options
3. Click 'Start' and then 'Search' or 'Find' (depending on the operating system)
4. Type 'Sent Items.dbx' in 'search for all files and folders' dialog box, and press enter
5. Right-click the 'Sent Items.dbx' file
6. Click 'Delete' to remove or 'Rename' to rename the file (type 'Sent Itemsold.dbx to rename)
7. Start Outlook Express to create a new,empty Sent Items folder
The above steps cannot recover e-mails from corrupted folder. This requires the user to either use the last available backup or run an Outlook Express Recovery utility. Designed to run safe scanning algorithms, these tools can Recover Outlook Express and repair corrupted Outlook Express files in an efficient manner way.
Outlook Express Recovery is an advanced utility that incorporates powerful scanning algorithms to repair corrupted *.dbx files. Supporting Outlook Express 5.x and 6.x, this Outlook Express Recovery solution restores the e-mails in *.dbx and *.eml files. The software is compatible with Windows 7, Vista, XP, 2003, and 2000.
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