Is the message in the Inbox but just hard to find? What about View | Sort By
| Received? If the message is not viewable now, then do the following:

Do you have messages in the Inbox now? Move them to a user created folder.

Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store Folder will reveal the location of
your Outlook Express files. Press the Tab key to highlight the folder
location, then Ctrl+C. Close OE, then Start | Run | Ctrl+V will put the
location in the box - Click OK and you'll see the OE files. Otherwise, write
the location down and navigate to it in Windows Explorer.

In Windows XP, 2K & 3K, the OE user files (DBX and WAB) are by default
marked as hidden. To view these files in Windows Explorer, you must enable
Show Hidden Files and Folders under Start | Control Panel | Folder Options |
View.

With OE closed, find the DBX file for the Inbox.dbx and rename it
Inboxold.dbx A new one will be created automatically when you open OE.

Send yourself a message now and see if it shows up in the Inbox.

Assuming all is well, if there are messages in the old Inbox you want back,
you will need one of these tools to retrieve them.

DBXtract:
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/Default.aspx

DBXpress: {much faster for large files}
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/Default.aspx

Some general OE advice *after* this problem has been resolved:

Do not archive mail in default OE folders. They will eventually become
corrupt. Create your own user defined folders for storing mail and move your
mail to them. Empty Deleted Items folder regularly. Keep user created
folders under 100MB, and Default folders as empty as is feasible.

After you are done, follow up by compacting your folders manually while
working *offline* and do it often.

Click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree so no folders are
open. Then: File | Work Offline (or double click Working Online in the
Status Bar). File | Folder | Compact all folders. Don't touch anything until
the compacting is completed.

In Tools | Options | Maintenance: Uncheck Compact messages in background and
leave it unchecked. {N/A if running XP/SP2}.

Turn off e-mail scanning in your anti-virus program. It is a redundant layer
of protection that eats up CPUs and causes a multitude of problems such as
time-outs and account setting changes. Your up-to-date A/V program will
continue to protect you sufficiently.

Clear the Temporary Internet Files often. In IE | Tools | Internet Options |
Delete Files button. And check the box to Delete Offline content.

And backup often.

Backup and Resto

http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/backup/

http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx

http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"SP" wrote in message
...
hi, thanks for checking.

Yes, Show All Messages has a dot on it.

Found in ... Inbox.

Steve

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
View | Current View. Is Show all messages (only) checked? What folder was
it *found* in?
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"SP" wrote in message
...
Hi

Something funny with the inbox. I clicked send/receive button, and it
said 1 of 1 message received, etc. The thing is I can't find it in the
Inbox. I doubled checked the sorting of the Received column to sort the
messages by date, but it's still not there. I can, however, do a search
using Find button, and the message is found in the Find.

Is something corrupted ? And, how can I fix this ?

Thanks
Steve