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

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
Please reply to newsgroup only so that others may be helped with your
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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

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
Please reply to newsgroup only so that others may be helped with your
feedback.


"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

No, they would be files that were determined to be corrupted by Outlook
Express and new ones created. If you do not have any, you have not yet
experienced corruption but you might if you don't compact your Store
folder routinely. Might want to review the info in this article for
some reasons why you should compact:

The Other E-Mail Threat: File Corruption in Outlook Express:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/...orruption.mspx
--
Jim Pickering
MVP-Outlook Express/Windows Mail
Please reply to newsgroup only so that others may be helped with your
feedback.



"RobbyVegas" wrote in message
...
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
Please reply to newsgroup only so that others may be helped with your
feedback.


"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

I'll do that, thanks

That doesn't really help me to find the email message that I sent back in
March... Do you have any ideas on that?

Thanks again
Rob

"Jim Pickering" wrote:

No, they would be files that were determined to be corrupted by Outlook
Express and new ones created. If you do not have any, you have not yet
experienced corruption but you might if you don't compact your Store
folder routinely. Might want to review the info in this article for
some reasons why you should compact:

The Other E-Mail Threat: File Corruption in Outlook Express:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/...orruption.mspx
--
Jim Pickering
MVP-Outlook Express/Windows Mail
Please reply to newsgroup only so that others may be helped with your
feedback.



"RobbyVegas" wrote in message
...
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
Please reply to newsgroup only so that others may be helped with your
feedback.


"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

"RobbyVegas" wrote in message
...

That doesn't really help me to find the email message that I sent back
in
March... Do you have any ideas on that?


If it's not hidden by a View you've applied, I really have no idea.
Might try going to the Sent Items folder, then click on the Menu bar,
View/Current View and make sure that "Show All Messages" is specified.
If that's not the cause, then someone (you or some other user) might
have accidentaly hit the Del key while the message in question was
highlighted. And in view of the time elapsed, the possiblity of
recovering it are really pretty slim.
--
Jim Pickering
MVP-Outlook Express/Windows Mail
Please reply to newsgroup only so that others may be helped with your
feedback.