I have 3 messages blocked in outlook express I can not delete. Someone said it could be an internal pointer do not know what it is?

Outlook Express has 3 messages which cannot be removed any suggestions?

Yes.  This means that the sent items folder is corrupted.  You can move all the messages of the items sent to a user created folder.  Then close OE and delete the file sent items.dbx and OE will create then a new, a void, but you might have other file corruption, so establishing a new identity is a better long-term solution.  Make sure that you back up messages, and file corruption is the prelude to a loss of message, what often happens in complete OE.

Steve

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