Never had the pleasure. These three work, but note that if you have
compacted since the messages were lost, or it has been a long time, don't
bother with anything but DBXpress and run it in Extract From Disk mode.

Macallan Outlook Express Extraction:
http://www.insideoe.com/resources/tools.htm#macallan

DBXtract:
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/Default.aspx

DBXpress: {much faster for large files}
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/Default.aspx
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Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA

"J. Halleck" wrote in message
...
has anyone used either Softambulance or system mechanic 7 professional to
recover OE e-mails?

IF so what were the results?

Thanks