try opening outlook using the resetfolders switch.

If you don't know how to do this, see
http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/switches.htm


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"Steve J." Steve wrote in message
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Help - A number of important emails keep getting automatically moved to
Deleted Items. I have not set up any rules like this. Is there some
setting
I can change to ensure this doesn't happen