Outlook Express uses .DBX files to store emails, contacts, calendar items, tasks, journals and more. But sometimes these .DBX files get corrupt which in turn affects the normal functioning of Outlook Express.

In such scenarios, you must take up appropriate measures to resolve the issue and perform DBX recovery. However, in case you are still not able to resolve the issue, you can take help of a professional and comprehensive Outlook Express recovery tool to repair the Outlook Express.

Let’s consider a practical working scenario wherein you created a user profile in Outlook Express. For this profile, you have saved the DBX files on a network drive. When you try to send an email in Outlook Express 6.0, it fails and an error message is displayed as follows:

“An unknown error has occurred. Protocol: SMTP, Port: 0, Secure(SSL): No, Error Number: 0×800C013B.”

The reasons behind the occurrence of the aforementioned error message are as follows:

• The DBX files are shared on a network drive, which is resulting in the issue

• The Sent Items.dbx file is damaged or corrupt.

In order to resolve the aforementioned error, you need to take by the following steps:

1. First and foremost, move the DBX files to local hard disk.

2. Secondly recreate the Sent Items.dbx file: Once you have moved the DBX files to the local hard disk, you should recreate the Sent Items.dbx file. You can do this by renaming the older file. Once you are done with this, restart the Outlook Express.

The above-mentioned steps should resolve the problem. However, if the issue still persists, you need to take help of a professional Outlook Express recovery tool to resolve the aforementioned issue.

These Outlook Express recovery tools also act as an Outlook Express Viewer tool as they enable you to view the contents of your DBX files. You simply need to browse the DBX file, open it and the Outlook Express Viewer tool would display list of all the contained emails and other data items in a DBX file.

Recoveryfix for Outlook Express is a professional Outlook Express recovery tool that accurately and flawlessly repairs DBX files. Also, it acts as an Outlook Express Viewer tool.

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Enforce a robust password policy for the email client in your organization

Creating cracks in the office network and accessing mails of your email client is not difficult for today’s hackers. As there are many forces which make the security passwords vulnerable. So an organization should implement a strong password policy for its users. The importance of a heavy duty password policy and password recovery tool (Outlook Express Password Recovery tool) is the central theme of this blog.

It is the Active Directory which allows an Administrator to set the password policy at the domain & environment level. The Active Directory can remember only 10 passwords and a user cannot repeat them until the usage of 11th one. The set password generally expires after 45 days. Most of the employees set the passwords just for the heck of having a password. For saving the time they assign simple passwords for their email client. In a hurry, they don’t even try to make the password complex by using signs, digits and symbols.

Such negligent password setting habits exist in almost all the organisations. The weekly or monthly password audit would reveal that all the employees are accustomed to this habit. So the IT Managers should encourage the employees for deploying strong passwords. Also, they should correct the negligent password setting habits of the employees.

What would be a perfect password policy?
The IT Managers should assure that the password policy has not become an issue in the organization. They can deploy the single-sign-on project instead of an OTP (one-time passwords) via SecureID token.

The employees can also make the IT Managers task easy by thinking of long paraphrases instead of simple passwords. We can take the example of a sentence that is “Henry he like beverages bottled cold.” Such sentences are easy to remember and at the same time a hard nut to crack.

Security Program Manager, Howard Bunyol says that “lengthy sentences and mathematical statistics form a good password. Howard also suggests having a Password Recovery tool for the email client i.e. Outlook Express Password Recovery tool. This tool can reduce the IT Administrators task of recovering the lost account details and passwords of all the Outlook Express users in the organization.

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You can use Outlook Express Repair program extracts emails from an appropriate DBX and saves every message in a separate *.eml or even as *.dbx file. You can easily drag and drop these saved .eml messages in the Outlook Express.

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In recent times, email communication has evolved as the backbone of communication. To communicate with friends, relatives, clients, and colleagues people use different email clients. One such email clients is Outlook Express.

The email client is developed by Microsoft Corporation. People prefer this email client because of the following features:

• Comes free with Windows operating system

• Stunning graphical user interface

• Easy to use; even if you are new to using software, you can easily use it to send/receive emails

• Easy to setup, you just need to collect required information (like account name, email address, incoming mail server, outgoing mail server, etc.) from your ISP and rest of the process is can be done in few mouse clicks

• You can save hundreds of emails, contacts, drafts, and calendars

• Email filtering is too fast and easy

Listed above are some of the features that make Outlook Express the best email client. Outlook Express stores user’s emails, contacts, drafts, sent items, etc. in their respective DBX files. Listed below are the .dbx files that are created when you setup an email account in Outlook Express:

• Inbox.dbx – Stores emails that are received from different person.

• Outbox.dbx – When you send an email, then it is saved to the Outbox.dbx file before moving to the Sent Items.dbx file. If a problem occurs in sending the email, then the email is stored here until the problem is resolved and email is send again.

• Calendar.dbx – Stores calendar items created by the user.

• Contacts.dbx – Stores email addresses in your contact list.

• Drafts.dbx – Stores emails that are saved.

• Deleted Items.dbx – Stores emails that are deleted by selecting the Delete option or clicking the DELETE key on the keyboard. Emails available in the Deleted Items folder can be restored anytime in single mouse click. But, once the folder is emptied, Outlook Express email recovery software is required to recover the deleted emails.

• Sent Items.dbx – Stores emails that are delivered to different email addresses.

These .dbx files are created in Outlook Express to store user’s emails, contacts, drafts, sent items. These files can collectively store data up to 2GB. This is all about DBX files in Outlook Express.

While using Outlook Express for e communication, you must consent to the fact the .dbx files are prone to damage. And damage to these files can create a barrier on the way to send/receive emails. Moreover, the data stored in the dbx files become inaccessible. At that particular moment of dbx corruption, you can use Outlook Express Email Recovery software to repair the corrupt DBX file and recover the lost data.

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Microsoft Outlook Express is the light-weight email client. It is known for its speed of sending/receiving emails. However, one other thing that goes with Outlook Express is corruption to the DBX files (here, user’s emails, contacts, notes, drafts, sent items, etc. are stored).

To beat the situations arising due to DBX corruption, taking backup of DBX files is always suggested. Here, we tell you how to backup Outlook Express emails with required graphics, so that you can easily backup Outlook Express emails. To backup of Outlook Express data, execute the below given steps:

1. Launch MS Outlook Express. To do this, click Start > All Programs > Outlook Express:



2. Main Window of Outlook Express opens up. Here, click Options in the Tools menu:



3. The “Options” dialog box appears. Here, select the Maintenance tab:



4. Click the Store Folder button. The “Store Location” dialog box opens up:



5. Here, copy the location given in the “Your personal message store is located in the following folder” box.

6. Click the Cancel button to close the “Store Location” dialog box.

7. Click the Cancel button to close the “Options” dialog box.

8. Now, click Start > Run. The “Run” dialog box opens up:



9. Place the mouse cursor in the Open combo box and press CTRL + V.

10. Press the OK button. You will see all DBX files keeping your Outlook Express emails.

11. Place cursor anywhere in the area showing DBX files and press CTRL + A.

12. Press CTRL + C.

13. Move to the computer’s desktop or drive where you want to create the backup folder.

14. Create a folder and give it a name like Outlook Express Backup Folder.

15. Open the folder.

16. Place mouse cursor anywhere in the folder and press CTRL + V.

This is how to backup Outlook Express emails. This backup will be helping you to recover the lost data without using any email recovery software. You are suggested to repeat the steps given above on some regular intervals to make sure that you always have updated backup of your emails.

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Before you start setting up an email account in Outlook Express, you should make you ready with following requirements:

• Type of the email server, which can be POP3, IMAP, or HTTP

• Name of incoming mail server

• Name of outgoing mail server

• Account name

• Password

• Check if your Internet Service Provider (ISP) wants you to activate Secure Password Authentication

You can collect all these information by contacting your ISP.

Once you have made you sure about the above-listed requirements, follow the steps given below to setup email account in Outlook Express:

1. Click Start > All Programs > Outlook Express to launch it:

2. After Outlook Express is started, click Accounts in the Tools menu:

3. The “Internet Accounts” dialog box opens up. Here, click Add > Mail. The “Internet Connection Wizard” opens up.

Note: If you start Outlook Express for the first time after installation then the “Internet Connection Wizard” opens up automatically.

4. Type your name in the Display name text box in the “Your Name” page of the wizard. This name appears to the users who will receive emails from you:

5. Click the Next button. The “Internet E-mail Address” page of the wizard appears. At this page, enter your email address collected from your ISP:

6. Click the Next button. The “E-mail Server Names” page of the wizard appears. Here, select the incoming mail server, type incoming mail server, and type outgoing mail server in their respective fields:

7. Click the Next button. The “Internet Mail Logon” page of the wizard appears. Enter a password for your account in the Password field. If you do not want to keep password, the clear the Remember Password check box.

Moreover, if your ISP wants you to use the Secure Password Authentication then select the Log on using Secure Password Authentication check box.

8. Click the Next button. The “Congratulations” page of the wizard appears:

9. Click the Finish button.

With this, you are ready to send/receive emails. To check if the account is configured successfully or not, compose an email and send it to one of your friends.

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Can you answer the following question:

What kind of email accounts can I use in Outlook Express?

As a matter of fact, Outlook Express can be used for any POP3 or IMAP email accounts. POP3 is an acronym that stands for Post Office Protocol 3. It is actually a set of rules with which one accesses and downloads emails. On the other hand, IMAP is an acronym that stands for Internet Message Access Protocol. It is a set of rules with which emails are assessed.

Now that you got an answer to the question “What kind of email accounts can I use in Outlook Express”, let’s move on and know more about Outlook Express corruption issues and their resolutions.

Sometimes, it so happens that when you start Microsoft Outlook Express, you are not able to see the default folders or some crucial emails and other data items.

This creates a situation of data inaccessibility and you need to perform Outlook Express recovery at the earliest.

To figure out the origin of this problem, your first and foremost step should be to check that the View/Current View is set to “Show all messages”. If the settings are okay then the issue might be due to corrupt DBX files.

As a matter of fact, the file corruption might have arisen due to any of the following reasons:

• The Outlook Express was closed when the compaction process was going on

• The DBX files have exceeded the size limit

• The issue might have occurred due to virus invasion

In order to resolve the issue, you must use a professional and proficient Outlook Express recovery tool.

With the help of a professional and comprehensive Outlook Express recovery tool, you can easily and efficiently repair your damaged and corrupt DBX files.

Recoveryfix for Outlook Express is a professional and comprehensive Outlook Express repair tool that is specifically devised to repair damaged and corrupt DBX files of Outlook Express.

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Though, both the email clients, Outlook and Outlook Express are amazing in their own terms, which one is better - Outlook Express or Outlook is a topic for debate.

In this blog, we have tried to explain the difference between Outlook Express and Outlook email clients.

The primary difference between Outlook Express and Outlook is in terms of usage. While Outlook Express is generally used by home users, Outlook on the other hand is being used by business users.

To get into more detail, we have tried to explain the features of Outlook Express and Outlook:

Outlook Express Features

Coming embedded with MS IE 4.x, MS IE 5.x, MS Windows 98 operating system, MS Windows Millennium Edition (Me) OS, MS Windows 2000 OS and MS Office 98 for Macintosh, Outlook Express email client is a hot favorite amongst home users who can access their emails by dialing to an Internet service provider (ISP).

Outlook express lends complete support to html settings. With the help of these html settings, you are able to customize your messages with backgrounds and graphics. Moreover, using the built-in stationary designs, you can easily and successfully compose your emails with attractive designs which are required for special occasions such as birthdays, parties, and more.

Outlook Features

Integrated with MS Office and Exchange Servers, MS Outlook acts as a standalone application. Since MS Outlook provides integration and performance with IE 5.5 and comes integrated with calendar, drafts, contact addresses, meeting scheduling, notes and more, these features makes it an impeccable email client for business users.

One of the most attractive features of MS Outlook is its ability that it enables its users to transfer emails from Microsoft Mail, Microsoft Schedule+ 1.0, Microsoft Schedule+ 7.0, Lotus Organizer, NetManage ECCO, Starfish SideKick, and Symantec ACT.

To sum up, we can say that although there is difference between Outlook Express and Outlook, both the email clients have their own distinctive features and you can choose the one that suits your requirements.

Recoveryfix for Outlook Express is a professional, comprehensive, and impeccable tool that is specifically devised to repair Outlook Express email client.

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Outlook Express free email client is one of the most popular email clients in the world that comes free with Internet Explorer (and Windows operating system).

Now let’s try to figure out the actual cause behind the popularity of this Outlook Express free email client.

As of now, we know that Outlook Express comes free with internet explorer. Internet Explorer in turn comes bundled with Windows (which is the most popular operating system). Now Internet Explorer has many advantages over Netscape Navigator (its nearest competitor), which makes Internet Explorer as the most popular browser.

As the popularity of Internet Explorer grew, the popularity of Outlook Express as a default email client also grew making it one of the very popular and widely used email clients worldwide.

Outlook Express free email client uses a DBX file to store your emails, contacts, calendar items, etc.

Sometimes this DBX file gets damaged or becomes corrupt and this leads to a number of issues.

Let’s consider a real life scenario wherein when you sent an email through Outlook Express, the email was sent successfully and received by the recipient, however, the email did not appear in the Sent Items folder. When you checked the Sent Items folder, it comes out to be blank.

The root cause behind the occurrence of the aforementioned issue is damaged or corrupt Sent Items.dbx file.

In order to resolve the aforementioned issue, you need to rename the Sent Items.dbx file.

This would resolve the issue but the emails of the corrupted folder cannot be recovered by merely renaming the Sent Items.dbx file.

You can recover your emails by a proper and valid backup. In case of unavailability of a proper backup, you may use a professional and comprehensive Outlook Express recovery tool to recover your valuable emails and other data items.

Recoveryfix for Outlook Express is a professional and comprehensive Outlook Express recovery tool that is specifically devised to repair damaged and corrupt DBX files of Outlook Express.

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