I amusing OE 6 on Windows XP SP2. This evening I noticed 29 days worth of
incoming e-mails had disappeared from the Inbox. I checked deleted folder,
did date searches, checked trash, but still can't find the e-mails. Current
View set to "Show All Messages." Desperate. ANY suggestions as to how I can
recover/locate those e-mails would be greatly appreciated.

QED: Why isn't WinXP SP3 installed yet? Is the computer fully-patched at
Windows Update otherwise?

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 section; Please note that you do NOT need to install KB923694 or
KB918766 if your computer is fully-patched at Windows Update!)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
DBXpress (faster, more powerful, with even greater functionality than
DBXtract)
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/Default.aspx
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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
www.banthecheck.com


Javier Z. wrote:
I amusing OE 6 on Windows XP SP2. This evening I noticed 29 days worth of
incoming e-mails had disappeared from the Inbox. I checked deleted folder,
did date searches, checked trash, but still can't find the e-mails.
Current
View set to "Show All Messages." Desperate. ANY suggestions as to how I
can recover/locate those e-mails would be greatly appreciated.

QED: Why isn't WinXP SP3 installed yet? Is the computer fully-patched at
Windows Update otherwise?

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 section; Please note that you do NOT need to install KB923694 or
KB918766 if your computer is fully-patched at Windows Update!)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
DBXpress (faster, more powerful, with even greater functionality than
DBXtract)
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/Default.aspx
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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
www.banthecheck.com


Javier Z. wrote:
I amusing OE 6 on Windows XP SP2. This evening I noticed 29 days worth of
incoming e-mails had disappeared from the Inbox. I checked deleted folder,
did date searches, checked trash, but still can't find the e-mails.
Current
View set to "Show All Messages." Desperate. ANY suggestions as to how I
can recover/locate those e-mails would be greatly appreciated.

....and are you doing proper backup on a daily or more often basis?

DAS
--
To send an e-mail directly replace "spam" with "schmetterling"
---
"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message
...
QED: Why isn't WinXP SP3 installed yet? Is the computer fully-patched at
Windows Update otherwise?

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 section; Please note that you do NOT need to install KB923694
or KB918766 if your computer is fully-patched at Windows Update!)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
DBXpress (faster, more powerful, with even greater functionality than
DBXtract)
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/Default.aspx
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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
www.banthecheck.com


Javier Z. wrote:
I amusing OE 6 on Windows XP SP2. This evening I noticed 29 days worth
of
incoming e-mails had disappeared from the Inbox. I checked deleted
folder,
did date searches, checked trash, but still can't find the e-mails.
Current
View set to "Show All Messages." Desperate. ANY suggestions as to how I
can recover/locate those e-mails would be greatly appreciated.

....and are you doing proper backup on a daily or more often basis?

DAS
--
To send an e-mail directly replace "spam" with "schmetterling"
---
"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message
...
QED: Why isn't WinXP SP3 installed yet? Is the computer fully-patched at
Windows Update otherwise?

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 section; Please note that you do NOT need to install KB923694
or KB918766 if your computer is fully-patched at Windows Update!)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
DBXpress (faster, more powerful, with even greater functionality than
DBXtract)
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/Default.aspx
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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
www.banthecheck.com


Javier Z. wrote:
I amusing OE 6 on Windows XP SP2. This evening I noticed 29 days worth
of
incoming e-mails had disappeared from the Inbox. I checked deleted
folder,
did date searches, checked trash, but still can't find the e-mails.
Current
View set to "Show All Messages." Desperate. ANY suggestions as to how I
can recover/locate those e-mails would be greatly appreciated.

"Javier Z." Javier wrote in message

I amusing OE 6 on Windows XP SP2. This evening I noticed 29 days
worth of incoming e-mails had disappeared from the Inbox. I checked
deleted folder, did date searches, checked trash, but still can't
find the e-mails. Current View set to "Show All Messages."
Desperate. ANY suggestions as to how I can recover/locate those
e-mails would be greatly appreciated.

If they aren't in the recycle bin, they're 99% likely gone. Pull them
back from your backups.

Twayne

"Javier Z." Javier wrote in message

I amusing OE 6 on Windows XP SP2. This evening I noticed 29 days
worth of incoming e-mails had disappeared from the Inbox. I checked
deleted folder, did date searches, checked trash, but still can't
find the e-mails. Current View set to "Show All Messages."
Desperate. ANY suggestions as to how I can recover/locate those
e-mails would be greatly appreciated.

If they aren't in the recycle bin, they're 99% likely gone. Pull them
back from your backups.

Twayne