Absolutely, Tom:

As I posted: The two most common reasons for what you describe is disruption
of the compacting process, (never touch anything until it's finished), and
bloated
folders.

If the problem was from compacting, the OP has no choice (AFAIK) but
DBXpress, and if it was from extremely large folders, then while DBXtract
will work, DBXpress is the best way to go for speed.

Either way, the OP is better off with DBXpress, which is what I suggested,
or at least tried to get that point across.

Bruce


"Tom [Pepper] Willett" wrote in message
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Bruce:

" I see ones from the past 5 days and then in jumps to ones from last year
and all the previous years"

Sounds like he's been storing all his messages in the inbox for
years...you know the drill '-)

Tomj

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
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Are you using Windows XP/SP2? Did this happen after your folders were
compacted?
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Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

wrote in message
oups.com...
Hi, I just started up Outlook Express only to find that a big chunk of
messages were missing from my inbox. I see ones from the past 5 days
and then in jumps to ones from last year and all the previous years.
Can anybody tell me what happened to the rest of my mail? How can I
get it back? I didn't alter any settings or folders so this is very
puzzling. Thanks!

Jason