Outlook Express (OE) is a mail client that uses POP3- and IMAP-to access e-mail. OE comes with a built-in newsreader. Outlook Express can be configured to retrieve email from your account via POP or configure it as an IMAP client to access your mail on an IMAP mail server. POP3 works by accessing the inbox on the mail server and then downloading the new messages to your computer. With this type of account you do not have to stay logged on to the Internet. User can log on to OE to receive and send new messages, once new messages have been downloaded to your computer user can log off to read them.
Outlook Express stores all the mail folders and messages, and all of your subscribed newsgroups and messages are stored in one folder called the store root, or store folder, the Store root directory. Its default location is
C:\Documents and Settings\<User>\Local Settings\Application Data\Identities\ {GUID}\Microsoft\Outlook Express Where GUID is the Global Unique Identifier used to specify an Identity..
When you open the root folder location in Windows Explorer you can see a collection of .dbx files. The Outlook Express folder has all the .dbx files like Outlook.dbx, Offline.dbx, Contacts.dbx, Sent Items.dbx, Inbox.dbx, etc. These are the folders where all the messages are actually stored. The folder.dbx is the master index; it stores the tree structure of mail folders. This file contains an index of all your message folders and newsgroups in Outlook express.
While working with Outlook Express, special care should be taken for inbox, sent, deleted item folders. These can easily grow in size, once their size exceeds the maximum limit of the .dbx files, the contents of the files starts getting corrupt. To recover the lost emails user can perform Outlook Express email recovery. Corruption in the .dbx files may affect the smooth working of Outlook Express. Some of the common errors that Outlook Express users may face while working with OE where user needs to recover dbx files;
Error 0x800c0133: Error 0x800c0133 when you are retrieving email with your Outlook Express is because of corrupted Inbox file. When user tries to download emails from pop3 email server clicks send/receive button this error message box comes up.
Exception C0000006h: Sometimes when a user tries to open a folder in Outlook Express, they may fail to do so and the application crashes with the following error message:
“Msimn caused an exception C0000006h in module Directdb.dll. The message could not be sent. There is not enough Disk space”. This error cannot be resolved by restarting the Outlook Express. The cause of this error is the Outlook Express folder you are trying to open is corrupted or damaged.
These errors may cause lost or deleted items from Outlook Express. To recover these Outlook Express users can use Remo Recover Outlook Express (DBX). This is the best software, which recovers email messages with respect to different identities. Outlook Express repair tool effortlessly recovers deleted and corrupt emails from the DBX file.