It is the bak folder for the one that the messages have disappeared in. I
have several different folders for received messages. It is not the recycle
bin. Is there a way to merge it with the messages I have received in the
past several days? After I deleted the dbx folder that I was having the
problem with and started OE it
started working ok but did not recover the messages that were in the bak
folder. I also noticed I have several dbx files of the same name as several
of my folders with a number after the account ( I have an R folder. This
shows up as "R.dbx" then there is an "R(1).dbx" . There are a couple of
folders like this and they are different sizes than the R.dbx and the R.bak)
I have several rules set to sort my mail to different folders. Can I merge
these folders or should they be deleted? I also see a bunch of search
folders numbered to 17 when I look at the dbx folders. Will a lot of this
stuff be taken care of when I compact the folders or should they be deleted?
I am guilty of not compacting my folders as I was not aware it could be a
problem but after I finish with this I will take care of that. I hope I
have described the problems so their understandable. Thanks much for the
help Les


"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" wrote in message
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"T" wrote in message
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Hi,

I basically have had the same problem with a little difference. My
messages in a folder for the past several months disappeared. There were
some from further back that were still there. They would come in and I
would see the number that were not read but would not see the messages.
I followed this procedure and it seems to be working now however it did
not recreate the dbx folder. There is a bak with stuff in it but I am
not sure what to do now.

Thanks much.



What is the name of the BAK file?
Is it in the folder with the other DBX files or is it in the Recycle Bin.

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