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.
- Disable Background Compacting [not available in SP2] and frequently
perform a manual compact of all OE folders while "working offline". More at
http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm
- WinXP SP2 only: 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-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin
http://aumha.net
DTS-L
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Herb Brass wrote:
I am using Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 I received a message, asking
if
I wish to
compact files. Have said yes previously without a problem. Yesterday, I
said yes to Compact question ,and when completed, E-mails in my Inbox for
the past 6 months are gone. How do I recover them? They are not in the
deleted E-mail folder. E-mails in the Sent folder are all there.