Hi,

My Sent Mail Items has reach 2GB Limit and I have move some mails to another
folder. Then I choose to compress the Sent Mail Items Folder. However, most
of my e-mail lost after the compression. I wonder what happens to my
mails?Thank you.

Almost forgot, during the compression, a warning message like "outlook
express is using the file" has prompted on the screen.

Justin wrote:
Hi,

My Sent Mail Items has reach 2GB Limit and I have move some mails to another
folder. Then I choose to compress the Sent Mail Items Folder. However, most
of my e-mail lost after the compression. I wonder what happens to my
mails?Thank you.

Almost forgot, during the compression, a warning message like "outlook
express is using the file" has prompted on the screen.



The limit is not 2GB. You should never let a .dbx file exceed 100MB. You
should *never* store messages in the default folders such as Inbox or
Sent Items. Store them in user created folders, made as sub-folders to
Local Folders. Hopefully, you have a back up. If not, there are paid
programs you can use to recover your emails.

Alias

I think your only chance at this point will be the extract from disk feature
of DBXpress (see www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/)

For the future see points 2 and 3 here (www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx) and
backup frequently.

steve

"Justin" wrote in message
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Hi,

My Sent Mail Items has reach 2GB Limit and I have move some mails to
another
folder. Then I choose to compress the Sent Mail Items Folder. However,
most
of my e-mail lost after the compression. I wonder what happens to my
mails?Thank you.

Almost forgot, during the compression, a warning message like "outlook
express is using the file" has prompted on the screen.

Try this utility (for free): http://www.softlakecity.com/
has worked out for the same problem couple of times already.

Milan

Justin wrote:
Hi,

My Sent Mail Items has reach 2GB Limit and I have move some mails to another
folder. Then I choose to compress the Sent Mail Items Folder. However, most
of my e-mail lost after the compression. I wonder what happens to my
mails?Thank you.

Almost forgot, during the compression, a warning message like "outlook
express is using the file" has prompted on the screen.