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April 13th, 2007, 12:56 AM
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disappearing emails
I just started up my windows 200 computer and opened
outlook express 6. Immediatly, I noticed that the past two years of my email history was missing! Very distressed... Anyone have any ideas or similar experiences? Thanks 
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April 13th, 2007, 01:05 AM
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disappearing emails
Win2K?
The two most common reasons for what you describe is disruption of the compacting process, (never touch anything until it's finished), or bloated folders. More on that below. Why Mail Disappears: http://www.insideoe.com/problems/bugs.htm#mailgone About File Corruption: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/...orruption.mspx Recovery tools: DBXpress run in Extract From Disk Mode is the best chance to recover messages: http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/Default.aspx And see: http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#4 A general warning if you don't want to lose your messages in the futu Do not archive mail in default OE folders. They will eventually become corrupted. Create your own user defined folders for storing mail and move your mail to them. Empty Deleted Items folder regularly. Keep user created folders under 100MB, and Default folders as empty as is feasible. Turn off e-mail scanning in your anti-virus program. It is a redundant layer of protection that eats up CPUs and causes a multitude of problems such as time-outs and account setting changes. Your up-to-date A/V program will continue to protect you sufficiently. For more, see: http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3 In Tools | Options | Maintenance: Uncheck Compact messages in background and leave it unchecked. And backup often. Backup and Resto http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/backup/ http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx And this good one click backup program. Outlook Express Quick Backup (OEQB): http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP Outlook Express ~IB-CA~ wrote in message oups.com... I just started up my windows 200 computer and opened outlook express 6. Immediatly, I noticed that the past two years of my email history was missing! Very distressed... Anyone have any ideas or similar experiences? Thanks
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April 13th, 2007, 02:52 AM
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disappearing emails
wrote in message oups.com... I just started up my windows 200 computer and opened outlook express 6. Immediatly, I noticed that the past two years of my email history was missing! Very distressed... Anyone have any ideas or similar experiences? Thanks
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