"Outlook Express has not yet downloaded this message."
Tools | Options | Read tab and Check "Automatically download messages when viewing in the Preview Pane". If this is already this way UNCHECK IT then OK your way out and close OE. Now re-open OE and re-check the setting.
Tools | Options | Maintenance tab and at the bottom is a troubleshooting section. Put a check in each of the four and then take a look at the logs generated if/when you get additional such messages.
If these are NEWSGROUP messages they may no longer be available for download or not marked for download. To rectify this click the Help menu and select Contents and Index. Select the Index tab and scroll down to New Message then look over downloading
I have emails in OE that I have previously read but now when I try to open them I get this message Outlook Express has not yet downloaded this message. There is a choice to download and also hit space, both of which I have done and nothing changes. I have about 125 emails in the inbox and am able to read the new ones as they come in. I went to tools, options, read, to see if the download all emails box is checked and it is. I am using XP Pro. I've googled the issue but no one out there seems to have an answer. Can you help me? Thanks
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