Question about Outlook Express

I am having a dickens of a time with Live Mail.   It no longers wants to compact or back itself up because it is supposedly in use by another program - at least that is what the pop up says.

But i cant figure out how this is possible? 

So in order to over come this error, i've had to re-install Live Mail.  But doing this like ever 3 months, is unreasonable.  And attempts to repair Live Mail via its repair option shows no problems resolved.

Its pretty frustrating because many years ago, i got tired of nurse maiding Live Mail. So i switched to other email programs.  Then the programs of those email programs would stop fiddling with the programs and again i got tired with nurse maiding them.  So i switched back to Live Mail and by that time the bugs seemed to of been worked out.  But now after like 3 or 4 years, I'm experiencing Live Mail issues.

Can anyone design a reliable email program for us ????  !!!!!!!!

In any case, whats the fix about this inability of Live mail unable to compact and back itself up?

thanks.

I am having a dickens of a time with Live Mail.   It no longers wants to compact or back itself up because it is supposedly in use by another program - at least that is what the pop up says.

But i cant figure out how this is possible? 

So in order to over come this error, i've had to re-install Live Mail.  But doing this like ever 3 months, is unreasonable.  And attempts to repair Live Mail via its repair option shows no problems resolved.

Its pretty frustrating because many years ago, i got tired of nurse maiding Live Mail. So i switched to other email programs.  Then the programers of those email programs wouldnt stop fiddling with the programs and again i got tired with nurse maiding them.  So i switched back to Live Mail with the hope that by that time the bugs were worked out. 

But now after like 3 or 4 years of live mail, I'm experiencing issues again.

Can anyone design a reliable email program for us ????  !!!!!!!!

In any case, whats the fix about this inability of Live mail unable to compact and back itself up?

thanks.

Windows 10 was installed on my PC about a month ago, I continued to use windows live which I have done for the last year when windows 8.1 was installed. Last Sunday things started to  go wrong & the following message appeared ;-

Unable to send or receive messages for the IMAP Talktalk (melpearson) account. Header download for the 'Trash' folder did not complete. Could not download new messages from the IMAP server.

 Server Response: The server did not respond to this IMAP command before the connection was terminated.

Server: 'mail.talktalk.net'

Windows Live Mail Error ID: 0x800CCC0F

Protocol: IMAP

Port: 143

Secure(SSL): No

I cannot download incoming emails from talktalk although Gmail is working OK.

I have contacted talktalk and they rightly say they cannot support third party software and that Microsoft have made so many changes to the software they are struggling to maintain compatibility & I think they me be correct as I also keep receiving a windows live message stating ' Could not download new messages from the IMAP server' and another message stating that windows live is updating the system. At the moment I am receiving my Gmails ok but TalkTalk are upgrading their website which could add to the problem.

Has anyone else had this problem and what are the latest revised  Talktalk IMAP settings, I think this problem is 50/50 Talktalk windows live?

Is there a possibility to delete storage folders in windows live mail because I do not need them

[Original title: windows live mail in windows 10]

I have a problem that comes and goes.  I cannot get WLM to download new emails.  I get the following error messages:

Unable to send or receive messages for the Btinternet (burton351) account.

Server Error: 0x800CCC90

Server Response: -ERR inactivity timeout

Server: 'mail.btinternet.com'

Windows Live Mail Error ID: 0x800420CD

Protocol: POP3

Port: 110

Secure(SSL): No

Unable to send or receive messages for the Btinternet (burton351) account. Your server has unexpectedly terminated the connection. Possible causes for this include server problems, network problems, or a long period of inactivity.

Server: 'mail.btinternet.com'

Windows Live Mail Error ID: 0x800CCC0F

Protocol: POP3

Port: 110

Secure(SSL): No

Does anyone have any ideas please ?

Many thanks.

Original Title: Got a problem with Windows Live mail.

I just changed to another ISP. Now when I open WLM there is an extra folder called Storage Folders, with 3 sub folders. I can't figure out how to get rid of it.