Re: Outlook hosed, pondering next step

[Keith Hood <klhra -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

You have, I hope, burned copies of all your saved messages to CDs. 

I use a a program called MessageSave. You can find it at http://www.techhit.com/messagesave/  . It lets you save both messages and attachments in any directories, so once you have saved them you can delete stuff on the Outlook server and reopen space there. It saves the messages as individual files, not as parts of a .pst file.


--- On Fri, 9/4/09, jopakent <jopakent -at- comcast -dot- net> wrote:

> From: jopakent <jopakent -at- comcast -dot- net>
> Subject: Outlook hosed, pondering next step
> To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Date: Friday, September 4, 2009, 11:24 AM
> (Office 2003, Win XP Pro)
> 
>  
> 
> I've been accumulating history in my Outlook folders for
> several years now.
> Sent mail, Project Folders, even deleted mail has all been
> gradually
> expanding over time.
> 
>  
> 
> So if a client (or an ex-wife) has a question about a
> communication we had
> back in 06, I've been able to quickly bring the email up
> for reference. I'm
> concerned right now because Outlook seems locked up. Every
> time I try to
> delete anything or send anything, I get an error message
> something along the
> lines of 
> 
>  
> 
> "There was a problem in the messaging service, if this
> problem persists,
> please restart Outlook."
> 
>  
> 
> I've tried restarting both Outlook and the computer, but
> the symptom
> persists.
> 
>  
> 
> One solution I have in mind is to finally pull the trigger
> on Office 2007.
> I've got a copy all ready to install and  now that
> vacations are done and
> I've got my freezer full of humpies, I'll probably have
> time to do it this
> weekend. My concern is that I don't want to loose all of
> that history. I'm
> afraid that my existing file (*.PST?) is hosed and that
> when I do the
> install, Outlook will either ignore it, or make a hash out
> of it.
> 
>  
> 
> The only other thot I have right now is a vague
> recollection of a "repair"
> tool that I think is a menu option somewhere. I'll try that
> tonight and see
> if there is any joy. Any other ideas, please respond
> directly as I am on
> digest.
> 
>  
> 
> Regards, 
> 
>  
> 
> J. Paul Kent
> 
> 206-383-0539
> 
>  
> 
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