Jim,
Thanks for your reply,
There were no number appended files. I'm sure that isn't a good sign.
would these files be permanantly deleted or placed in the deleted items
folder?

Thanks again
Rob Wells

"Jim Pickering" wrote:

You say you've not removed or compacted them (not compress, compacting
just recovers wasted space that remains after deletion). Determine the
location of your message store folder (Tools/Options/Maintenance -
Advanced tab and click Store Folder button). Then close Outlook Express
and use Windows Explorer to navigate to that store folder. In there do
you find any DBX files with a number appended (i.e., "Sent
Items(1).dbx")? If so those files were corrupted since you do not
compact them and Outlook Express created a new one, without corruption
or a number appended to serve in its place. Post back with your results
since there are 3rd party utilities that can recover information from
corrupted files, such as those as www.oehelp.com
--
Jim Pickering
MVP-Outlook Express/Windows Mail
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"RobbyVegas" wrote in message
...
I'm looking for a message that I sent back in March. However, for
some
reason my sent items folder only goes back to late april. I haven't
removed
any of the messages or compressed them or anything. Is there any way
to find
the lost message?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Rob