Sub Sub Folder Emails Disappeared

Hi,

I have noticed that tonight, without anything unusual happening, emails have
disappeared from my Outlook Express 6.

I have a large number of folders in my tree structure, and the affected
folders are all sub sub folders, rather than top level folders. Yet, some sub
sub folders on the same level as those where emails have disappeared still
contain their emails. When emails have been deleted all mails in that folder
have disappeared. Nothing unusual has happened today, no crashes, new
software installs, error messages etc - a normal day.

Is there any fix for this, as I'd very much like to get back these mails as
they're important.

Thanks,

Wrafter

Are they sub folders of folders that you created, rather than default
folders such as Inbox, Sent Items, etc? Do not store mail in default
folders as they will eventually become corrupted.Keep all folders
under 100 MB. Compact as explained below and post back with the
results.

Click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree so no folders
are open. Then: FileWork Offline (or double click Working Online in
the Status Bar).
FileFolderCompact all folders. Don't touch anything until the
compacting is completed.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP - (IE/OE)
~IB-CA~

"wrafter" wrote in message
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Hi,

I have noticed that tonight, without anything unusual happening,
emails have
disappeared from my Outlook Express 6.

I have a large number of folders in my tree structure, and the
affected
folders are all sub sub folders, rather than top level folders. Yet,
some sub
sub folders on the same level as those where emails have disappeared
still
contain their emails. When emails have been deleted all mails in
that folder
have disappeared. Nothing unusual has happened today, no crashes,
new
software installs, error messages etc - a normal day.

Is there any fix for this, as I'd very much like to get back these
mails as
they're important.

Thanks,

Wrafter

"wrafter" wrote in message

Hi,

I have noticed that tonight, without anything unusual happening,
emails have disappeared from my Outlook Express 6.

I have a large number of folders in my tree structure, and the
affected folders are all sub sub folders, rather than top level
folders. Yet, some sub sub folders on the same level as those where
emails have disappeared still contain their emails. When emails have
been deleted all mails in that folder have disappeared. Nothing
unusual has happened today, no crashes, new software installs, error
messages etc - a normal day.

Is there any fix for this, as I'd very much like to get back these
mails as they're important.

Thanks,

Wrafter

See http://www.insideoe.com/problems/bugs.htm#mailgone
and "Viral Irony: The Most Common Cause of Corruption" at
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/...orruption.mspx

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
Please respond in Newsgroup only. Do not send email
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Protect your PC
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http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/

Hello there, and thanks for the rapid reply.

Fortunately I have identified what the problem is. My housemate
somehow-or-other... and I'll kill him in the morning when he wakes up...
managed to move some of my *.dbx files to another part of the PC. I was lucky
enough to discover this by using search feature in XP. I have moved them back
to correct location, and my mail is in place again.

Thank you for your considered response. It's appreciated.

"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE" wrote:

"wrafter" wrote in message

Hi,

I have noticed that tonight, without anything unusual happening,
emails have disappeared from my Outlook Express 6.

I have a large number of folders in my tree structure, and the
affected folders are all sub sub folders, rather than top level
folders. Yet, some sub sub folders on the same level as those where
emails have disappeared still contain their emails. When emails have
been deleted all mails in that folder have disappeared. Nothing
unusual has happened today, no crashes, new software installs, error
messages etc - a normal day.

Is there any fix for this, as I'd very much like to get back these
mails as they're important.

Thanks,

Wrafter

See http://www.insideoe.com/problems/bugs.htm#mailgone
and "Viral Irony: The Most Common Cause of Corruption" at
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/...orruption.mspx

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
Please respond in Newsgroup only. Do not send email
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Protect your PC
http://www.microsoft.com./athome/sec...t/default.aspx
http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/

I have a little different situation but simular to this first part. I opened
OE and read my e-mail a week ago and then minimized it. Later I went back and
every folder, ie. Inbox, Outbox Sent Items and Deleted box were all empty. I
couldnt do anything about it as they were gone. Everything in my set up seems
normal and I don't have any other identies. Well yesterday it happened again,
only this time I read my e-mails and closed OE. Later in the afternno when I
open it every box was deleted again. Nobody else has access to my compurter.
Any Ideas?

EJS GUY

"wrafter" wrote:

Hi,

I have noticed that tonight, without anything unusual happening, emails have
disappeared from my Outlook Express 6.

I have a large number of folders in my tree structure, and the affected
folders are all sub sub folders, rather than top level folders. Yet, some sub
sub folders on the same level as those where emails have disappeared still
contain their emails. When emails have been deleted all mails in that folder
have disappeared. Nothing unusual has happened today, no crashes, new
software installs, error messages etc - a normal day.

Is there any fix for this, as I'd very much like to get back these mails as
they're important.

Thanks,

Wrafter

Start he http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/probl...s.htm#mailgone.
~~~~~~~~~~~
DBXtract
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/Default.aspx

DBXtend (additional functionality)
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtend/Default.aspx

DBXpress (faster, more powerful, with even greater functionality)
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/Default.aspx
~~~~~~~~~~~
For lost Inbox messages:
Inbox.dbx is damaged. Close OE and then Move Inbox.dbx from your store
folder (http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/files/store.htm) to another Windows
(not OE) folder and run any of the above applications on the moved file. (A
new, empty Inbox.dbx will be created when you next open OE.)

Other folders:
Close OE. Move the associated DBX file to another Windows folder and run
any of the above applications on the moved file.

If one of the above applications successfully recovers any messages, count
yourself fortunate. Do *not* import the moved DBX file back into OE!
Recovered messages may be dragged into an open OE folder, but...

Don't use Inbox or Sent Items to archive messages. Move them to local
folders created for this purpose.

Disable Background Compacting [N/A in SP2] and frequently perform a manual
compact of all OE folders while "working offline". More at
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/files/maintain.htm.

Your anti-virus application's email scanning feature can also cause such
corruption. Disable it. It provides no additional protection.

--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE) & Security

EJS GUY wrote:
I have a little different situation but simular to this first part. I
opened OE and read my e-mail a week ago and then minimized it. Later I
went back and every folder, ie. Inbox, Outbox Sent Items and Deleted box
were all empty. I couldnt do anything about it as they were gone.
Everything in my set up seems normal and I don't have any other identies.
Well yesterday it happened again, only this time I read my e-mails and
closed OE. Later in the afternno when I open it every box was deleted
again. Nobody else has access to my compurter. Any Ideas?