Thanks Frank. Can I infer from your reply post that
ANY file that previuosly existed in OE can be directly
replaced by a backup copy?
Bill



"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" wrote in message
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Yes, as long as the folder you want to restore exists in OE. Since OE
will always recreate Sent Items if one does not exist, your specific
example will work.

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Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
http://www.fjsmjs.com


"Bill" wrote in message
ink.net...
When attempting to restore a OE dbx file (which
of course corresponds to a "folder" in OE) from
backups of the entire OE folder, can one simply
restore the single file, or is there some sort of
interdependency with the "Folders.dbx" file. For
example, if a group of e-mails were deleted from
the "Sent Items" folder, and the "Deleted Items"
folder had also been emptied, could one simply
restore a previously saved copy of the
"Sent Items.dbx" file known to contain the
deleted items?

Bill