Older mails disappeared
 

I've just discovered that some of my older emails have disappeared, the files
are empty. I suspect it might be some form of archiving but I cannot find
any command to either turn the function off or recover the archived emails.
Can anyone help???

Older mails disappeared
 

They probably got filled with zeroes during compaction. Check your recycle
bin for bak files (see www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#2). Otherwise you only
shot at recovery is probably the extract from disk feature of DBXpress
(www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/)

steve

"Andrew" wrote in message
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I've just discovered that some of my older emails have disappeared, the
files
are empty. I suspect it might be some form of archiving but I cannot find
any command to either turn the function off or recover the archived
emails.
Can anyone help???

Older mails disappeared
 

Why it happens:

http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/probl...s.htm#mailgone
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/...orruption.mspx

Recovering the missing data: http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx (#2 and #4)
and http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=918069 (see Notes section under
Resolution)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
DBXpress (faster, more powerful, with even greater functionality than
DBXtract)
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/Default.aspx
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Avoiding Such Corruption in Futu

- Don't use Inbox or Sent Items to archive messages. Move them to local
folders created for this purpose.

- Empty Deleted Items folder daily.

- Frequently perform a manual compact of all OE folders while "working
offline". More at http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm

- Do not cancel Automatic Compacting, should it occur, and do not attempt to
close OE via Task Manager or shutdown your machine if Automatic Compacting
is taking place.

- Disable email scanning by your anti-virus application. It can cause
corruption (i.e., loss of messages) and provides no additional protection:

Why you don't need your anti-virus to scan your email
http://thundercloud.net/infoave/tuto...ning/index.htm
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

Andrew wrote:
I've just discovered that some of my older emails have disappeared, the
files are empty. I suspect it might be some form of archiving but I
cannot
find any command to either turn the function off or recover the archived
emails. Can anyone help???