How to retrieve a deleted mail?

It seems that mails which have been deleted in the folder "Deleted Objects"
still do exist since the corresponding dbx folder isn't empty. Therefore, is
it possible to retrieve a deleted mail from the dbx folder and how? Thank you.

MET

The messages remain in Deleted Items.dbx until either you compact, or they
are overwritten, which would take awhile.

Macallan Outlook Express Extraction:
http://www.insideoe.com/resources/tools.htm#macallan

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

DBXpress: {much faster for large files}
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/Default.aspx
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"MET" wrote in message
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It seems that mails which have been deleted in the folder "Deleted
Objects"
still do exist since the corresponding dbx folder isn't empty. Therefore,
is
it possible to retrieve a deleted mail from the dbx folder and how? Thank
you.

MET

Hi MET,

The files in the folder are not eliminated until the folder is compacted.
However, there is no easy way to access the files after they are "deleted."
You could check the Recycle Bin for a backup of DBX folders that is done
following a recent update that may have been applied for your OE install.
This backup would be done during a (previous) compacting operation.
Depending on how old the message is there may be a copy in the backup for
folders (in the Recycle Bin) that originally held the message that can be
restored.

You could also try using a DBX recovery program to restore the message.
Here's a link that may be helpful:

Steve Cochran's DBXtract
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/Default.aspx
Cost is $5.

New features:

1. Extract from multiple files sequentially.
2. Store messages under a subdirectory corresponding to the folder name.

There is also a better, newer recovery program available for about $30. Look
for it at the same site.

--
Tim K.
aka Kuay Tim
MS-MVP - Outlook Express
Lynnwood, WA
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"MET" wrote in message
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It seems that mails which have been deleted in the folder "Deleted Objects"
still do exist since the corresponding dbx folder isn't empty. Therefore, is
it possible to retrieve a deleted mail from the dbx folder and how? Thank
you.

MET

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

The messages remain in Deleted Items.dbx until either you compact, or they
are overwritten, which would take awhile.

Macallan Outlook Express Extraction:
http://www.insideoe.com/resources/tools.htm#macallan


Tried your first suggestion. Opened the file Deleted Items.dbx (20MB). The
software converts something and ends, but nothing is shown. I guess it
created a folder "Deleted Items" containing an empty text file which I think
wasn't there previously . Unfortunately there are absolutely no instructions
with the tool. Do you know how to use it in order to provide some hints on
how to proceed? Thank you.

MET

Unfortunately, I have never had the need to use it. Someone that has will
probably see this post and be able to help.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"MET" wrote in message
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"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

The messages remain in Deleted Items.dbx until either you compact, or
they
are overwritten, which would take awhile.

Macallan Outlook Express Extraction:
http://www.insideoe.com/resources/tools.htm#macallan


Tried your first suggestion. Opened the file Deleted Items.dbx (20MB). The
software converts something and ends, but nothing is shown. I guess it
created a folder "Deleted Items" containing an empty text file which I
think
wasn't there previously . Unfortunately there are absolutely no
instructions
with the tool. Do you know how to use it in order to provide some hints on
how to proceed? Thank you.

MET

My DBXtract and DBXpress programs will partially recover deleted messages,
but they cannot be completely recovered, as OE overwites 4 bytes for every
512 byte segment of the file, so those bytes are missing in the recovered
messages.

The program you reference below will not extract deleted messages. There is
a special signature to such that that program is unaware of.

steve

"MET" wrote in message
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"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

The messages remain in Deleted Items.dbx until either you compact, or
they
are overwritten, which would take awhile.

Macallan Outlook Express Extraction:
http://www.insideoe.com/resources/tools.htm#macallan


Tried your first suggestion. Opened the file Deleted Items.dbx (20MB). The
software converts something and ends, but nothing is shown. I guess it
created a folder "Deleted Items" containing an empty text file which I
think
wasn't there previously . Unfortunately there are absolutely no
instructions
with the tool. Do you know how to use it in order to provide some hints on
how to proceed? Thank you.

MET