See my reply to Roger B 2 posts above yours from Robear Dyer (PA Bear)

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" wrote in message ...
a message came up asking us to "condense" our outlook express files...and we
clicked OK - BIG MISTAKE - IT LOST the last 3 months of email/....no it is
not backed up....and i have searched the entire hard drive for about 6 hours
now trying to find where the condensed file might be. Is this a virus or ??
I downloaded dbxpress and it opened up the dbx files for the inbox but it
was teh same...missing the last 3 months...argh!!!!!!!!
Please help, any insight would be appreciated.....win xp, outlook express 6,
-THANK YOU!!!!!
-angi