hi..thanks there.

i have a backup but up to July 2006 only. i have not restored it yet.

yes all 2000-2006 messages were in the inbox before this incident.



"Ron Sommer" wrote:

OE will ask to compact.
If they are important, how old is your backup?
Where the 2000-2006 messages in the Inbox?
--
Ron Sommer

"chathp" wrote in message
...
:I am the Administrator/Secretary of this company and I'm handling all the
: important
: company emails through Outlook Express.
:
: I do not know the latest version of OE automatically compacts folders on
the
: 100th closing and opening of the program.
:
: I cancelled the process thinking it was accidental and would make the
: messages go to some unknown location, or worse...deleted.
:
: It is then that all the email messages for the year 2006 were gone. (I
: still have the email messages from 2000-2005
:
: How can I recover my messages from this horrible tragic incident?
:

If in fact these messages were left in the INBOX the problem will reoccur
again someday.
Highly suggest you move or copy them to a different folder that you create.
SG
"chathp" wrote in message
...
hi..thanks there.

i have a backup but up to July 2006 only. i have not restored it yet.

yes all 2000-2006 messages were in the inbox before this incident.



"Ron Sommer" wrote:

OE will ask to compact.
If they are important, how old is your backup?
Where the 2000-2006 messages in the Inbox?
--
Ron Sommer

"chathp" wrote in message
...
:I am the Administrator/Secretary of this company and I'm handling all
the
: important
: company emails through Outlook Express.
:
: I do not know the latest version of OE automatically compacts folders
on
the
: 100th closing and opening of the program.
:
: I cancelled the process thinking it was accidental and would make the
: messages go to some unknown location, or worse...deleted.
:
: It is then that all the email messages for the year 2006 were gone. (I
: still have the email messages from 2000-2005
:
: How can I recover my messages from this horrible tragic incident?
:

"shakey" shakeyATsonic.net schreef in bericht
...
If in fact these messages were left in the INBOX the problem will reoccur
again someday.
Highly suggest you move or copy them to a different folder that you
create.
SG
"chathp" wrote in message
...
hi..thanks there.

i have a backup but up to July 2006 only. i have not restored it yet.

yes all 2000-2006 messages were in the inbox before this incident.



"Ron Sommer" wrote:

OE will ask to compact.
If they are important, how old is your backup?
Where the 2000-2006 messages in the Inbox?
--
Ron Sommer

"chathp" wrote in message
...
:I am the Administrator/Secretary of this company and I'm handling all
the
: important
: company emails through Outlook Express.
:
: I do not know the latest version of OE automatically compacts folders
on
the
: 100th closing and opening of the program.
:
: I cancelled the process thinking it was accidental and would make the
: messages go to some unknown location, or worse...deleted.
:
: It is then that all the email messages for the year 2006 were gone.
(I
: still have the email messages from 2000-2005
:
: How can I recover my messages from this horrible tragic incident?
: