How to repair Outlook Express emails using Stellar Phoenix Mailbox Standard

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How Outlook Express Emails gets corrupted?

The first sign of .dbx corruption is when the application appears sluggish with the ‘hourglass’ appearing for long stretches while opening Outlook Express or while switching folders – even simple tasks such as viewing an e-mail may take several seconds to initiate. However, these are indications of minor corruptions. Major corruptions to .dbx files include a variety of error messages including:

“Msimn caused an exception C0000006h in module Directdb.dll. 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”

Most errors indicative of serious .dbx corruption include the words ‘MSIMN’ and/or ‘msoe.dll’. If the Inbox is corrupt, Outlook Express might not start, but in most cases it will do so by creating a new DBX file named Inbox (1).dbx.

The most common cause of dbx corruption, as can be expected, is virus related. However, it is not just viruses, but even anti-virus software which can be at fault – especially those that are configured to scan incoming and outgoing e-mail. Even compacting folders has been known to result in .dbx file corruption. The basic cause behind file corruption in Outlook Express lies in dbx files being edited, either inadvertently or on purpose – this can happen due to viruses, or can be done unintentionally by various software, including Email Application itself. Unfortunately, this is not within our control and .dbx file corruption can therefore happen anytime.

How Stellar Phoenix Mailbox Standard works to repair Outlook Express emails?

Stellar Phoenix Mailbox Standard is software which repairs damaged / corrupted Outlook Express folders. The software scans, extracts, and saves e-mail’s from .mbx and .dbx files (which are used by Outlook Express to store messages). Besides repairing corrupt files, the software can also be used to recover accidentally deleted messages (even after they have been emptied out of the Deleted Items folder) – these deleted messages are recovered as .eml files and can either be imported back to Outlook Express, or saved in an external folder. The software supports Outlook Express, versions 4, 5.0, 5.01, 5.5 and 6.0.

Like most database programs, Outlook Express does not actually remove an item from a .dbx file when a message is deleted. Instead, it merely tags the item for removal at a later time. This usually happens the next time the folders are compacted, and because compacting is mostly done manually, deleted messages continue to remain in the .dbx file although they are not visible in Outlook Express. Stellar Phoenix Mailbox Standard takes advantage of this fact and scans .dbx files looking for the entries which are ‘tagged’ and pending for deletion.

Moreover, altering even a single byte in a .dbx file can result in a corruption and this file will then not behave correctly in Outlook Express. Stellar Phoenix Mailbox Standard scans such .dbx files looking for corruptions and then proceeds to repair them. Thus, Stellar Phoenix Mailbox Standard is both a recovery and a repair tool for Outlook Express. All recovered/repaired messages are saved as .eml files. These .eml files can be saved to a user-specified folder and can also be imported back to Outlook Express.

How to repair Outlook Express emails using Stellar Phoenix Mailbox Standard?

The software interface is relatively simple with 5 tabs at the top of the window:

The first two tabs can be used to either repair a single .mbx / .dbx file (Repair single File) or repair multiple .mbx / .dbx files at a single click (Batch Repair). Following are the steps to repair/recover data using these tabs:

Repair single File

Click the arrow button next to the field labeled Select a File to Repair, navigate to the appropriate folder and select the corrupt .mbx / .dbx file. The .mbx / .dbx file will have the same name as the corrupt folder. For example, if you want to repair files from your Inbox, select Inbox.dbx. These .mbx / .dbx files are stored in a folder called Store Folder. If you do not know the location of this folder, either run a search for the string *.dbx/*.mbx, or open Outlook Express and click Tools -> Options -> Maintenance -> Store Folder to know the exact location of your Store Folder.
Click the arrow button next to the field labeled Select the Output Path, and navigate to select any folder where you would like to save the repaired/recovered data.
Click Click to Repair File to begin the recovery process. A blue progress bar indicates the status of the recovery. After this process is complete, go to the folder where the data was saved and you should see one or more .eml files. Each recovered/repaired message shows up as a unique eml extension file. All deleted messages that have not been compacted are also recovered. For Example: If you are repairing Inbox.dbx and this file contains 200 current messages + 100 deleted messages, then a total of 300 eml extension files will be created in the destination folder.

Batch Repair

Click Select a File to navigate and select an .mbx / .dbx file. This can be repeated any number of times to include as many .mbx / .dbx files required. If you do not know the location of your .mbx / .dbx files, either run a search for the string *.dbx/*.mbx, or open Outlook Express and click Tools -> Options -> Maintenance -> Store Folder to know the exact location of your Store Folder which contains all .mbx / .dbx files. Selected files are listed in the white text box – all of them may be removed from the list by clicking the Remove All Files button.
Click the arrow button next to the field labeled Select Output Path to select the folder in which to save the recovered/repaired messages.
Click Start Repair to begin the recovery process. A blue progress bar indicates the status of the recovery. After this process is complete, go to the folder where the data was saved and you should see one or more .eml files. Each recovered/repaired message shows up as a unique .eml file. All deleted messages that have not been compacted are also recovered. For Example: If one of the files being repaired is Inbox.dbx and this file contains 200 current messages + 100 deleted messages, then a total of 300 .eml files pertaining to the Inbox folder will be created in the destination folder.

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