(Msg. 1) Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 4:03 pm
Post subject: All of my old e-mails in my inbox have disappeared Archived from groups: microsoft>public>windows>inetexplorer>ie6_outlookexpress (more info?)
Today when I opened up Outlook Express, none of my old e-mails which I had
already read and saved were no longer there.
(Msg. 2) Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 4:03 pm
Post subject: Re: All of my old e-mails in my inbox have disappeared [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
The two most common reasons for what you describe is disruption of the
compacting process, (never touch anything until it's finished), or bloated
folders. More on that below.
If you are running XP/SP2, or SP3, and are fully patched, then you should
have a backup of your dbx files in the Recycle Bin, (or possibly the message
store), copied as bak files.
To restore a bak folder to the message store folder, first find the location
of the Message Store.
Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store Folder will reveal the location of
your Outlook Express files. Write the location down and navigate to it in
Windows Explorer or, copy and paste it into Start | Run.
In WinXP, the .dbx files are by default marked as hidden. To view these
files in Explorer, you must enable Show Hidden Files and Folders under Start
| Control Panel | Folder Options | View.
Close OE and then in Windows Explorer, click on the dbx file for the
missing, or empty, folder and drag it to the Desktop. It can be deleted
later once you have successfully restored the bak file. Minimize the Message
Store.
Open OE and, if the folder is missing, create a folder with the *exact* same
name as the bak file you want to restore but without the .bak. Eg: If the
file is Saved.bak, the new folder should be named Saved. Open the new folder
and then close OE. If the folder is there, but just empty, continue on to
the next step.
First, check if there is a bak file already in the message store. If there
is, and you removed the dbx file, go ahead and rename it to dbx.
If it isn't already in the message store, open the Recycle bin and right
click on the bak file for the folder in question and click Restore. Open the
message store back up and change the file extension from .bak to .dbx. Close
the message store and open OE. The messages should now be back in the
folder.
If the messages are successfully restored, you can go ahead and delete the
old dbx file that you moved to the Desktop.
If you do not have bak copies of your dbx files in the Recycle Bin, then:
A general warning to help avoid this 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.
Turn off e-mail scanning in your anti-virus program. It is a redundant layer
of protection that eats up CPUs, slows down sending and receiving, and
causes a multitude of problems such as time-outs, account setting changes
and has even been responsible for lose of messages. Your up-to-date A/V
program will continue to protect you sufficiently. For more, see:
http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA
"Ronald Israel" <potchki.TakeThisOut@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:%23Ht91v1GJHA.1156@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Today when I opened up Outlook Express, none of my old e-mails which I had
> already read and saved were no longer there.
>
> What's up?
> Ron
>
(Msg. 3) Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 4:21 pm
Post subject: Re: All of my old e-mails in my inbox have disappeared [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
- Do not shut down your machine while Windows is automatically compacting
your message store.
- Disable email scanning by your anti-virus application. It can cause
corruption (i.e., loss of messages), it provides no additional protection,
and even Symantec says it's not necessary:
<QP>
Disabling Email Scanning does not leave you unprotected against viruses that
are distributed as email attachments. Norton AntiVirus Auto-Protect scans
incoming files as they are saved to your hard drive, including email and
email attachments. Email Scanning is just another layer on top of this. To
make sure that Auto-Protect is providing the maximum protection, keep
Auto-Protect enabled and run LiveUpdate regularly to ensure that you have
the most recent virus definitions.
</QP>
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/nav.nsf/docid/2002111812533106
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/
Ronald Israel wrote:
> Today when I opened up Outlook Express, none of my old e-mails which I had
> already read and saved were no longer there.
>
> What's up?
> Ron
(Msg. 4) Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 7:19 am
Post subject: Re: All of my old e-mails in my inbox have disappeared [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
Um, how could you "save" your e-mails if you left them sitting in the
Inbox folder?
Did you check what view you are using on wherever you "saved" those old
e-mails?
How big is the inbox.dbx file? 2GB (1.87GiB) is the maximum size.
"Ronald Israel" <potchki.DeleteThis@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:#Ht91v1GJHA.1156@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Today when I opened up Outlook Express, none of my old e-mails which I
> had already read and saved were no longer there.
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