messages dissappearing from saved folder

When I open my saved message folder, occasionally the recent messages for
last eight months or so are gone. They reappear when I close and reopen
Outlook Express, except for the messages from 3/06 through 6/06. Anyway to
find/retrieve those messages?
--
Bob S.

Is this a folder you created? Saved Message Folder?

Recovery Tools:

DBXtract:
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/Default.aspx

DBXpress: {much faster for large files} And needed if you have compacted.
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/Default.aspx

***AFTER*** you recover the messages:

Do not archive mail in default OE folders. They will eventually become
corrupt. 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.

After you are done, follow up by compacting your folders manually while
working *offline* and do it often.

Click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree so no folders are
open. Then: File | Work Offline (or double click Working Online in the
Status Bar). File | Folder | Compact all folders. Don't touch anything until
the compacting is completed.

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. {N/A if running XP/SP2}.

And backup often.

Backup & Resto
http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/backup/
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Bob" wrote in message
...
When I open my saved message folder, occasionally the recent messages for
last eight months or so are gone. They reappear when I close and reopen
Outlook Express, except for the messages from 3/06 through 6/06. Anyway
to
find/retrieve those messages?
--
Bob S.