1. Because you neglected to compress the OE-folders in Outlook Express (File>Compress All Folders, or File>Compress Folder)
2. No. It's the way the dbx-structure works. For Windows it's just a file, and only compressing it makes a new one, that is as small as possible (i.e. 16 kB for an empty one, I think).
3. Not in Outlook Express. Possibly in some freeware or shareware dbx-viewer. Some text should be visible with Notepad or any other simple file-editor. But attachments, being MIME-encoded, need a program to be deciphered.
Hope this helps.
Kees
XP Home and Win98
Both computers show the Outlook Express "Deleted Items" folders empty, but a search on *.dbx shows many megabytes in those folders.
1. If the Emails have been deleted, why does Windows maintain hard disk space for them?
2. Is this space flagged for reuse as are other deleted files?
3. Are these Emails recoverable?
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