What is the DBX file?
Outlook Express stores messages in files with DBX extension. Each OE folder corresponds to a single DBX file.
For example, the Inbox folder corresponds to the Inbox.dbx file. Outlook Express stores all DBX files in a
special folder on the hard drive. To find out where Outlook Express stores DBX files, start Outlook Express
and click "Tools -> "Options" -> "Maintenance" -> "Store Folder". The maximum size of a DBX file is 2Gb (and
it's a separate issue, read how to solve
DBX 2Gb limit problem).
Symptoms of DBX Corruption
When you start Outlook Express or try to send an e-mail message or try to open the damaged folder,
you may get one of the following error messages:
- MSIMN caused an invalid page fault in module Directdb.dll
- Msimn caused an exception C0000006h in module Directdb.dll
- Outlook Express: The message could not be sent. There is not enough Disk space
- Unknown error has occurred. Protocol: SMTP Port: 0 Secure: No [SSL] Error: 0x800c0131
How it works.
Email Recovery for Outlook Express scans DBX files
and finds e-mail messages stored in them. Each email it finds is saved to a separate file with the EML
extension in the folder you specify. These saved EML files are of a universal format and can be easily
imported into Outlook Express.
Corrupted DBX files are recovered in two steps:
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Extracting messages from a DBX file into a separate folder on the disk and saving each e-mail message
into a separate file with the EML extension
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Importing recovered emails into Outlook Express
To extract emails from a DBX file, do the following:
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Click the "Regular messages" tab (if it's not active yet) to switch to the mode
of recovering lost messages.
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Select the necessary DBX file or Outlook Express folder in the left part of the
window. The program will start to search for lost messages.
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After the search is over, the program will display the list of the found
messages. Right-click the message list and select the emails you would
like to recover. Click the "Save recovered messages" button in the toolbar. Each
message will be saved as a file with the EML extension. To open such a file,
double-click it.
To import recovered messages into Outlook Express:
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Open the folder with the saved EML files in Windows Explorer
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Start Outlook Express and just use drag and drop to move these EML files to the necessary Outlook Express
folder. (Hint: Press Ctrl+A to select all the files in the Windows Explorer window.)
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