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The most common threats which are read and spoken about emails would be spams, phishing techniques, root kits, and email worms, but the least spoken and most dangerous of all would be corruption of these email archives.

Email archives such as .dbx file holds sensitive data and getting emails after corruption would become a nightmare for an individual considering to a situation when someone has lost all his important emails containing credit card records, personal information etc.

Change in a .dbx file or even a single byte change in a .dbx file might leave the file completely unusable by Outlook Express.

Some of the most common error messages

  1. MSIMN caused an exception C0000006h in module Directdb.dll. The message could not be sent. There is not enough Disk space.
  2. Unknown error has occurred. Protocol: SMTP Port: 0 Secure: No [SSL] Error: 0x800c0131
  3. MSIMN caused an invalid page fault in module Msoe.dll
  4. MSIMN caused an invalid page fault in module Msoe.dll at address
  5. Outlook Express could not be started. It may not be installed correctly. Make sure that your disk is not full or that you are not out of memory. Contact Microsoft support for further assistance. (0x800c012e)
  6. Outlook Express could not be started because Msoe.dll could not be initialized. Outlook Express may not be installed correctly.

The above error messages could be a result of corruption caused due to

  1. Corruption caused due to “Compact File or Compact All Folders” option.
  2. When antivirus programs trying to scan incoming & outgoing emails causing data corruption to .dbx files.
  3. When vast numbers of emails in Inbox or Sent Folders causing corruption to the respective .dbx email archive.
  4. Accidental deletion of emails or permanent deletion of emails from deleted items folders in outlook express.
  5. Folder.dbx getting corrupt

Some of the “do’s” to prevent corruption

  1. Immediately stop the email scan in your anti-virus program.
  2. Disable automatic background compact operation.
  3. Try to keep the minimal number of emails inside Inbox / Sent or any other important folder and create sub folders marked with date or any other indicator.
  4. When the compact operation is running, do not use your computer until the process is over.
  5. Buy Disk Doctors Email Recovery (.dbx) and keep it for emergency.
  6. Make sure your computer and anti-virus products are up to date with the latest patches.
  7. Backup your entire Store Folder (Identity) on a regular basis.

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