I just rebuilt a Pent. III running Win XP Pro. I set up OE 6 with IE 7.
When I try to download my messages from my server, I appear to be getting
messages, but they never appear in the inbox. Also, when I send messages,
even though I've set the options to keep all sent messages, they never
appear in the sent folder.

Does anyone know what might be happening and how to fix it?

Thanks,

Ron

See:
Messages in Inbox or other mail folders disappear
http://www.insideoe.com/problems/bugs.htm#mailgone
Recovering lost messages
http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#4


--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"Ron Elkin" wrote in message
...
I just rebuilt a Pent. III running Win XP Pro. I set up OE 6 with IE
7.
When I try to download my messages from my server, I appear to be
getting
messages, but they never appear in the inbox. Also, when I send
messages,
even though I've set the options to keep all sent messages, they never
appear in the sent folder.

Does anyone know what might be happening and how to fix it?

Thanks,

Ron

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Ron Elkin wrote:
I just rebuilt a Pent. III running Win XP Pro. I set up OE 6 with IE 7.
When I try to download my messages from my server, I appear to be getting
messages, but they never appear in the inbox. Also, when I send messages,
even though I've set the options to keep all sent messages, they never
appear in the sent folder.

Does anyone know what might be happening and how to fix it?

Thanks,

Ron

I did a compact on my inbox and it deleted or disappeared anything later than
Oct 2006. I was and remaining in ,dire need to recover these files and e
mails
--
Technoidiot


"Ron Elkin" wrote:

I just rebuilt a Pent. III running Win XP Pro. I set up OE 6 with IE 7.
When I try to download my messages from my server, I appear to be getting
messages, but they never appear in the inbox. Also, when I send messages,
even though I've set the options to keep all sent messages, they never
appear in the sent folder.

Does anyone know what might be happening and how to fix it?

Thanks,

Ron

The two most common reasons for what you describe is disruption of the
compacting process, (never touch anything until it's finished), or bloated
folders. More on that below.

Why does OE insist on compacting folders when I close it?:
http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/why.htm#compact

Why Mail Disappears:
http://www.insideoe.com/problems/bugs.htm#mailgone

About File Corruption:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/...orruption.mspx

Recovery tools:

If you are running XP/SP2, and are fully patched, then you should have a
backup of your dbx files in the Recycle Bin, copied as bak files.

To restore a bak folder to the message store folder, first close OE and
locate the Message Store in Windows Explorer.

Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store Folder will reveal the location of
your Outlook Express files. Press the Tab key to highlight the folder
location, then Ctrl+C. Close OE, then Start | Run | Ctrl+V will put the
location in the box - Click OK and you'll see the OE files. Otherwise, write
the location down and navigate to it in Windows Explorer.

In WinXP, the .dbx files are by default marked as hidden. To view these
files in Explorer, you must enable Show Hidden Files and Folders under Start
| Control Panel | Folder Options | View.

In Windows Explorer, click on the dbx file for the missing, or empty, folder
and drag it to the Desktop. It can be deleted later once you have
successfully restored the bak file. Minimize the Message Store.

Open OE and, if the folder is missing, create a folder with the *exact* same
name as the bak file you want to restore but without the .bak. Eg: If the
file is Saved.bak, the new folder should be named Saved. Open the new folder
and then close OE. If the folder is there, but just empty, continue on to
the next step.

Open the Recycle bin and right click on the bak file for the folder in
question and click Restore. Open the Message Store back up and change the
file extension from .bak to .dbx. Close the Message Store and open OE. The
messages should now be back in the folder.

If the messages are successfully restored, you can go ahead and delete the
old dbx file that you moved to the Desktop.

If you do not have bak copies of your dbx files in the Recycle Bin, then:

DBXpress run in Extract From Disk Mode is the best chance to recover
messages:
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/Default.aspx

And see:
http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#4

A general warning if you don't want to lose your messages in the futu

Do not archive mail in default OE folders. They will eventually become
corrupted. 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.

And backup often.

Backup and Resto

http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/backup/

http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx

And this good one click backup program.

Outlook Express Quick Backup (OEQB):

http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"DAve" wrote in message
...
I did a compact on my inbox and it deleted or disappeared anything later
than
Oct 2006. I was and remaining in ,dire need to recover these files and e
mails
--
Technoidiot


"Ron Elkin" wrote:

I just rebuilt a Pent. III running Win XP Pro. I set up OE 6 with IE 7.
When I try to download my messages from my server, I appear to be getting
messages, but they never appear in the inbox. Also, when I send messages,
even though I've set the options to keep all sent messages, they never
appear in the sent folder.

Does anyone know what might be happening and how to fix it?

Thanks,

Ron