Why it happens:

http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/probl...s.htm#mailgone
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/...orruption.mspx

Recovering the missing data: http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx (#2 and #4)
and http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=918069 (Notes section under
Resolution)
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DBXpress (faster, more powerful, with even greater functionality)
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/Default.aspx
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Avoiding Such Corruption in Futu

- Don't use Inbox or Sent Items to archive messages. Move them to local
folders created for this purpose.

- Empty Deleted Items folder daily.

- Frequently perform a manual compact of all OE folders while "working
offline". More at http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm

- Do not shut down your machine while Windows is automatically compacting
your message store.

- Your anti-virus application's email scanning feature can also cause such
corruption. Disable it. It provides no additional protection.
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.org/

Oyster wrote:
Hi Group;
Just happened, I lost all messages in my inbox from mid April '07 to this
morning 11/16/07. Sent items file is still fine. Been having problems
with OE the last few weeks. Sometimes it just stops working or messages
are
temporarily lost. I shut it down and restart the program and the all come
back. That's not working now. I am running OE6 on a Windows XP-Pro
machine. I have a POP server. Anything else anyone needs to know? let me
know. Also, recently for the last 2 weeks or so, I have been getting the
notice to compress. I haven't done that yet.

Help.... Please....
Thanks,
Paul