I seem to be losing any record of emails I have sent to one particular
individual. There is no record of it in sent items or outgoing mail.
HELP!!

See point 4 here for message recovery techniques
(www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#4) and for the future see points 2 and 3 and
backup frequently, as this sort of thing happens a lot.

steve

"Phil Dawes" wrote in message
...
I seem to be losing any record of emails I have sent to one particular
individual. There is no record of it in sent items or outgoing mail.
HELP!!

General precautions for Outlook Express:

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.

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. For more, see:
http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3

In Tools | Options | Maintenance: Uncheck Compact messages in background and
leave it unchecked. {N/A if running XP/SP2}.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Phil Dawes" wrote in message
...
I seem to be losing any record of emails I have sent to one particular
individual. There is no record of it in sent items or outgoing mail.
HELP!!

Bruce,

Thank you again for your invaluable help,

Best Wishes

Phil


"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
General precautions for Outlook Express:

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.

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. For more, see:
http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3

In Tools | Options | Maintenance: Uncheck Compact messages in background
and leave it unchecked. {N/A if running XP/SP2}.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Phil Dawes" wrote in message
...
I seem to be losing any record of emails I have sent to one particular
individual. There is no record of it in sent items or outgoing mail.
HELP!!

Steve,

Thank you very much for your assistance,

Regards

Phil

"Steve Cochran" wrote in message
...
See point 4 here for message recovery techniques
(www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#4) and for the future see points 2 and 3 and
backup frequently, as this sort of thing happens a lot.

steve

"Phil Dawes" wrote in message
...
I seem to be losing any record of emails I have sent to one particular
individual. There is no record of it in sent items or outgoing mail.
HELP!!