S S wrote:
Ah, maybe I have panicked too soon without checking properly, I will send
myself a couple of test emails and see what happens to them when it asks to
compact.
Thanks for your reply.

You'll have to close OE 100 times before it asks. If you manually
compact, it will also send back ups to the recycle bin and set the count
back to zero.

Be sure to manually compact with OE off line and click on Outlook
Express at the top of the Folder Tree before proceeding.

Alias

"Alias" wrote in message
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S S wrote:
When I get the pop up to compact my folders in OE if I click to OK I then
find they are being deleted to my recycle bin, is there a way to stop
this other than not allowing the folders to compact.

thanks

They are not being deleted but backed up. If all is well, you can delete
the back ups.

Alias