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Resolved Stuck at "Receiving message 1 of 28..."

Discussion in 'Microsoft Mail (Outlook / OE / Windows Mail)' started by fkaramagi, 2011/06/02.

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    fkaramagi

    fkaramagi Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    :confused:I use MS Outlook 2007 and Windows 7. Outlook has failed to download email today. I can access my email messages via webmail and indeed there are "unread" messages. I am stuck at the message Receiving message 1 of 28... in the status bar. I have emptied the Deleted Items, Junk E-mail and RSS Feeds but this has not helped.
    Sending email is working fine.
    Is there an upper size limit for Outlook.pst? My Outlook.pst file is 2.5GB
     
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    wildfire

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    fkaramagi

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    I have deleted a few files from webmail. Outlook downloaded but extremely slowly.
     
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    In which case I'll refer you back to the link I posted ;)
     
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    fkaramagi

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    :confused:This is strange! I created a second .pst file (Outlook1.pst). I moved old mail (older than one month) from Outlook.pst to Outlook1.pst. The size of Outlook.pst has remained the same. Outlook1.pst has grown in size.
     
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    fkaramagi

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    Thx Wildfire, Thx Coco. I compressed my Outlook.pst (almost 85%) and re-created the account. All is well now.
     
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    wildfire

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    Thank you for letting us know. :D
     
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    fkaramagi

    fkaramagi Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    One small problem though - I have not been able to download messages that came in between the time this problem started and when I resolved it. I am downloading all new mail with no hassle.
     
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    wildfire

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    Unfortunately I'm not too familiar with Outlook but there's probably a setting to download all mail or unread mail, chances are those stuck emails are marked as read.

    If you can't find the relevant setting in outlook you could alsways go back to webmail and mark the emails as unread.
     

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