Some of my emails have dissapered
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Some of my emails have dissapered
Tuesday, June 14, 2005 at 4:08 pm
Posted by Ian
(99 messages posted)
I was scrolling through my inbox in Outlook Express when I suddenly noticed that
April and May and June's emails bar the last one I had today had gone!!!
I had not deleted any or moved them.It worries me that they can suddenly dissapear
just by opening the inbox.This has never happened before in windows 98 SE.I have
backed them up with Outlook Express backup but to be able to restore them I will
have to register and pay a fee.I thought the software was free.
Anyway, can anyone help me shed some light on this mystery?
Ian.
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re: Some of my emails have dissapered
Tuesday, June 14, 2005 at 8:29 pm
Posted by JmC
(14166 messages posted)
Fee?....that's silly! These links should help you......
How to Back Up and Recover Outlook Express Data
Inside Outlook
Express
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re: Some of my emails have dissapered
Wednesday, June 15, 2005 at 12:14 am
Posted by sekirt
(1447 messages posted)
You maintain a questionable practice if any of the
default folders are used for long time storage of large
amounts of emails (Inbox/Outbox/Sent Items/Deleted
Items/Draft). OE is known for emails disappearing
particularly from the Inbox. Custom folders should be
used.
Manual maintenance should be done on a regular basis.
Only when you are OFFLINE, open OE. Or if you click
File and choose Work offline.
Click File->Folder. Then choose Compact All Folders.
This will optimize the DBX files. Optimizing takes out all
the wasted space.
Do not check Compact messages in the background.
This can lead to lost emails.
(Tools->Options. Maintenance Tab)
There are 2 programs mentioned at the site JmC
posted. 1 reasonable and 1 free.
I have located a very nice 3rd program, post back if
you would like the download link.
sekirt
On Tuesday, June 14, 2005 at 4:08 pm, Ian wrote:
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Left out a detail
Wednesday, June 15, 2005 at 11:40 am
Posted by sekirt
(1447 messages posted)
There are 2 programs mentioned at the site JmC
posted. 1 reasonable and 1 free.
I have located a very nice 3rd program, post back if
you would like the download link.
Sorry, forgot to mention these programs are
all to recover lost emails.
sekirt
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