i have been having a problem with outlook express 5.02 on my mac. i have been using it for months with no problems, then a couple of days ago i went to launch the program and it gave me an error: read/write error (-40). it will not even let me open the program. help!!

The program is most likely damaged beyond repair, but you can try running Norton's or TechTool Pro on the disk to see if it can be repaired. I would just trash the program and reinstall it. You can save the Identities folder in the Outlook folder and put that back in after a new install. This is where the messages (mail) addresses, etc are stored.

hmmm... I've had a similar problem - OE 5.02 on my bronze Firewire Powerbook. It was working fine until today when i get the following: "The preferences file could not be opened. An unknown error (4357) occurred I've tried binning the prefs, and re-installing but still no success. anyone got any thoughts? ta graeme

The original post is old and the 1st response is wrong advice. This is for Grame. I had same error # so I called Tech He showed me how to fix it. There are three Preference files that need to be trashed so new ones are made. In main preferences folder trash following: Internet Preferences also - OUTLOOK Express Preferences Then go to Folder "DOCUMENTS" Under Main identity find" Preferences" and trash it too. That's all there is to it! Should be fixed at this point. Be sure and write down your Internet setting or else you may have to call your Interenet provider for the information. I hope this solves your problem. Goodluck!

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I having problems with outlook express I keep getting net work error code-3155 when i try to down load messages. sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. I installed Mac os9.1 when this started. I use earthlink and OE 5.02. I use a PB 400 firewire 2000 with 386 ram of mem. any suggestions. I can get my mail using earthlink's web, however only intermittently using OE. E mail me at htree1@earthlink.net or howardtyree@wvhdf.com thanks