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Windows Forum / Outlook Express / OE 6.x / July 2006undo a compacted or compressed inbox to
When outlook express offered to compact my inbox, it removed much incoming mail from the inbox in 'like' monthly chunks: i.e. 03/01/06 - 07/25/06! Is there any way to retrieve this mail or a way to undo compact or compress? Also, is there a way to undo a messages import? 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 tools: If you are using a fully patched version of XP/SP2, see: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918069/en-us If not: 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  SignatureBruce Hagen MS MVP - Outlook Express ~IB-CA~ > When outlook express offered to compact my inbox, it removed much incoming > mail from the inbox in 'like' monthly chunks: i.e. 03/01/06 - 07/25/06! Is > there any way to retrieve this mail or a way to undo compact or compress? > Also, is there a way to undo a messages import? Sounds like you interupted the compacting while it was ongoing. As a result, you probably have some corrupted files in your message store folder. Use Windows Explorer to navigate there and see if you have any files with a number appended such as Inbox(1).dbx, or Inbox(2).dbx, etc. To determine the location of your message store folder, click in Outlook Express, Tools/Options/Maintenance and then Store Folder button. If using Windows 2000 or XP, the DBX files will be hidden by the operating sytem. There is no way to undo a compacting operation which only recovers "wasted space" that is occupied when you delete a message. Post back with your results and someone will try to help. SignatureJim Pickering MVP-Outlook Express/Windows Mail Please reply to newsgroup only so that others may be helped with your feedback. > When outlook express offered to compact my inbox, it removed much incoming > mail from the inbox in 'like' monthly chunks: i.e. 03/01/06 - 07/25/06! Is > there any way to retrieve this mail or a way to undo compact or compress? > Also, is there a way to undo a messages import? The file probably got wiped of the messages. DBXpress (www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/) can analyze the entire hard drive for messages and it may be able to recover those that were lost. For the future see points 2 and 3 here: www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx steve > When outlook express offered to compact my inbox, it removed much incoming > mail from the inbox in 'like' monthly chunks: i.e. 03/01/06 - 07/25/06! Is > there any way to retrieve this mail or a way to undo compact or compress? > Also, is there a way to undo a messages import? |
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