hi...thanks there.

i don't remember any prompts to compact.

my last backup was july 2006.

all 2000-2006 msgs were in the inbox before the incident. now only up to dec
2005 are present plus new incoming msgs

"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?
: