"Phiroz Khan" Phiroz wrote in message
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I have lost my messages (not all) from Inbox and Sent folders.

For last couple days i was getting a popup upon closing Outlook Express.

Popup: To free up disk space....click compact.

I'm not very sure yesterday what happen....but i did not clicked on
compact
message popup.

I'm using OE 6 (6.00.2900.2180)


Compacting of folders is necessary or they will become corrupted or else so
large that they can no longer be used. Deleting a message does not reclaim
the space. The message is marked as deleted but is still there until the
folder is compacted. That is why programs such as DBXtract work.

If a user closes compacting while compacting is in progress data loss will
probably occur.

Open OE and close it and let it compact the messages. After doing this it
won't ask again until you have closed OE 100 times.

If you have WinXP SP2 you will want this update:
MS06-076: Cumulative security update for Outlook Express
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923694

Home users:
Microsoft security updates for December 2006
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...ns/200612.mspx

IT Professionals:
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-076
Cumulative Security Update for Outlook Express (923694)
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec.../ms06-076.mspx

These articles contains information on how to restore from the backup 923694
makes.

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