Frank,

I had a similar issue - lost about a year's worth of inbox messages, and did
a little digging only to discover OE only allows a max inbox size of 2gb.
Will the utility you suggest also recover messages if I've gone over the 2gb
limit? If so, should I follow the same procedures you suggested for
Christian? Any other suggestions or warnings?

Thanks
Mike

"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, OE/WM" wrote:

"Christian Seger" wrote in message
...
My Inbox compacted yesterday and I lost all incoming messages since January
27, 2005. How can I recover them? Chris

Don't store messages in the Inbox. It is the folder most apt to be
corrupted. As soon as you read them move them to user created folders.
Then compact the Inbox regularly.

Go to Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store Folder and write down where OE
is storing its data.
Close OE.
Go there with Windows Explorer and copy Inbox.dbx to an empty Windows
folder. With Win2K, WinXP and Win2K3 it will be a hidden file.

You can use either of these tools to extract the messages from the old DBX
file:

DBXtract ($5): http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/ although this tool is faster
and better:
DBXpress: ($25) http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/Default.aspx
Do NOT extract to the desktop!

The messages can be dragged from a Windows folder back into an OE folder in
OE's Folder List.

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Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, OE/WM
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