Outlook Express is Not Saving Copies of Sent Items

Outlook Express will not create a copy of your outgoing email and place it in the Sent items folder if the Sent items folder is damaged.


To fix this problem you can use a very reliable tool to repair the damaged folder or you can do it manually yourself. Using a tool such as Outlook Express Email Recovery is a very quick and simple way of recovering any or all damaged.dbx files.


Fixing this manually AND recovering your current sent items messages depends on how damaged the Sent Items folder is.


If you are able to access your Sent Items folder then you should be able to copy y it to a new folder, which you can create in Outlook Express just by right clicking on your Local Folders and then selecting New Folder. You can name the folder something meaningful, such as Temp Sent Items and then click on OK.


Now you can copy your Sent Items messages from the damaged folder to the new folder you created.


When you have all the Sent Items messages that you want to keep you can then delete the damaged folder.


Before you delete the damaged folder you will need to close all applications that are running and then any messages you have open as well as close Outlook Express. Then locate your sent items.dbx folder, which you can do by performing a search for all your folders by using *.dbx to locate all files with the file extension of dbx. Then simply delete that file. Now you can re-open Outlook Express and the program will then automatically create a new Sent Items.dbx file. You should first test the new folder by sending a test email to see if the new folder is now getting a copy saved to the new Sent Items folder. If it is, you can now recopy the files you moved to the temporary folder to the new Sent items folder.


If your Sent Items folder cannot be opened so that you can copy the messages to another folder then it is worth trying to recover the folder using a reliable repair tool otherwise you will lose the current content of the folder altogether.


If you do not wish to save any of the current messages in your Sent items folder then all you need to do is close Outlook Express and locate the Sent Items folder, delete the folder, and reopen Outlook Express so that it can create a new Sent Items.dbx file and then you are ready to test it if you wish to.


If you have further issues you might want to see our other solutions and tips and tricks to keep your email in good working order.