Jason
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Jason
Jason
DBXtract:
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/Default.aspx
which can take days for large folders.
The two most common reasons for what you describe is disruption of the
compacting process, (never touch anything until it's finished), and 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/community/columns/filecorruption.mspx
Recovery tool:
DBXpress run in 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 future:
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 Restore:
http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/backup/
http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx
http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~
<jaso...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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" I see ones from the past 5 days and then in jumps to ones from last year
and all the previous years"
Sounds like he's been storing all his messages in the inbox for years...you
know the drill '-)
Tomj
"Bruce Hagen" <Nos...@mymail.invalid> wrote in message
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As I posted: The two most common reasons for what you describe is disruption
of the compacting process, (never touch anything until it's finished), and
bloated
folders.
If the problem was from compacting, the OP has no choice (AFAIK) but
DBXpress, and if it was from extremely large folders, then while DBXtract
will work, DBXpress is the best way to go for speed.
Either way, the OP is better off with DBXpress, which is what I suggested,
or at least tried to get that point across.
Bruce
"Tom [Pepper] Willett" <tomp...@mvps.invalid> wrote in message
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