"dave_jacobson" wrote in
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After exiting Outlook Express 6 I was prompted to compact my folders.
My "Sent Messages" folder failed to compact. I got an error message
that the folder is in use by Outlook Express or another application.
After the system finished compacting all my folders I went back into
Outlook Express. I am now missing almost two years of messages from
my Sent Messages folder.

I looked in my directory C:\Documents and Settings\[my name]\Local
Settings\Application
Data\Identities\{2C7A8CD0-78FA-427F-BF86-AE333A20DC52}\Microsoft\Outlook
Express

I only see one folder for my "Sent Hotmail Messages." Do you have
any idea what happened to all my email messages and how I can
retrieve them?

If they aen't in the Recycle Bin, you can probably recover most of them
from your last backup?

If you left them on the server, creating a new identity in OE would
download anything that hasn't aged off your server.

Othewise they're probably gone for good. You could avoid that ever
happening again and more by implementing a good backup strategy.

Twayne`