Is this with Outlook or Outlook Express? Outlook never prompts you to compact your folders so I suspect it is Outlook Express (check Help-About to verify)

Try posting this in an Outlook Express news group - this is not one of them.
Outlook is a part of Microsoft Office and is what this group supports.
Outlook Express is a part of Internet Explorer and has its own news groups.

You can also find some good Outlook Express information he

http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/


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After furious head scratching, auntof3 asked:

| I apologize if this has been asked before, but I wasn't sure where to
| turn. I was prompted to compact my e-mail folders and save wasted
| space (which I have done before), but this time, it seems to have
| gotten rid of all of my e-mails in my mail folders. Is there any way
| to get to those messages again or are they gone (stored) forever?