Outlook express 6

[MIKE-SA]

Hi

Silly question with hopefully easy answer. I am running outlook express on xp. When I exited outlook, the programme asked me to "compact" I did - no problems previously.

Now I have lost all my "inbox" messages from Nov 2007 to date

Where are these? Can I get them back?
Help?

 

[Clive]

According to this (which is a few years old) - the compacting process may have caused a corruption?

 

[cookie]

if it comes to the worst, it's possible that your ISP still has your emails stored on a webmail service.

 

[MIKE-SA]

That was fast...
Thanks
Was going to try a "system restore"...but will try these other remedies first !!!

 

[stonetown]

My advice, when/if you manage to recover your email is to start using the Mozilla range of apps, you'll have much less hassle, also if you use the http://www.portableapps.com version of those products you can use the apps on any PC without too much trouble, unlike anything that Microsh*te produce:

Thunderbird for email
Firefox for web browsing
Sunbird for calender
OpenOffice for Office

And they're FREE

 

[MIKE-SA]

Thanks for all the help

Tried to recover the files, but was not totally successful. So I have resigned myself to the loss...

Seems the trick is to ensure your inbox / sentbox is not too full and you regularly file the mails in separate files.

 

[gpsonaPan]

MIKE-SA

I regularly gert asked that question on my Outlook Express. I normally click yes as I have noticed that Outlook Express sends "copies" to the recycle bin!!.

Have a look there (unlesss you have emptied it recentley).

Good Luck

Pat

 

[MIKE-SA]

Thanks - but I set mine to empty on programme exit... delete too many files...

 

[gpsonaPan]

Uh-oh.

Okay Mike, it was worth a shot eh.?

I empty my "Deleted files" on Programme exit.

Is it worth you getting a "Computer store expert" to try recover them.My local PCworld offers a retrieval of files job...

Good luck to you and be safe.

Pat