I understand the when and why. What I need to know is, will my mail be
deleted out of my various folders?

When I was useing Outlook Express, when the mail was compacted, it was also
taken out of the Inbox and other folders, and I had to go find and restore it.

No, it should not. It should not have happened in OE either, but a
combination of interfering with the compaction process, bloated folders,
and the fragile dbx file system all contributed to the possibility of
corruption when compaction in OE.

Windows Mail stores all messages as separate eml files, unlike OE. That
said, messages should always be backed up regardless of the e-mail client
you use.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA


"Shop99er" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:83C43C7B-4DB6-4544-8699-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I understand the when and why. What I need to know is, will my mail be
> deleted out of my various folders?
>
> When I was useing Outlook Express, when the mail was compacted, it was
> also
> taken out of the Inbox and other folders, and I had to go find and
> restore it.

Imperial Beach!?!

I lived there back in the 80's

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

> No, it should not. It should not have happened in OE either, but a
> combination of interfering with the compaction process, bloated folders,
> and the fragile dbx file system all contributed to the possibility of
> corruption when compaction in OE.
>
> Windows Mail stores all messages as separate eml files, unlike OE. That
> said, messages should always be backed up regardless of the e-mail client
> you use.
> --
> Bruce Hagen
> MS-MVP [Mail]
> Imperial Beach, CA
>
>
> "Shop99er" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:83C43C7B-4DB6-4544-8699-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I understand the when and why. What I need to know is, will my mail be
> > deleted out of my various folders?
> >
> > When I was useing Outlook Express, when the mail was compacted, it was
> > also
> > taken out of the Inbox and other folders, and I had to go find and
> > restore it.
>
> .
>

My ex and son moved here in '79. Back then lived on Ebony by the beach. I
came out here in '02. 7th & Calla.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA


"Shop99er" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:3AC57BB3-B911-49C6-90E2-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Imperial Beach!?!
>
> I lived there back in the 80's
>
> "Bruce Hagen" wrote:
>
>> No, it should not. It should not have happened in OE either, but a
>> combination of interfering with the compaction process, bloated
>> folders,
>> and the fragile dbx file system all contributed to the possibility of
>> corruption when compaction in OE.
>>
>> Windows Mail stores all messages as separate eml files, unlike OE. That
>> said, messages should always be backed up regardless of the e-mail
>> client
>> you use.
>> --
>> Bruce Hagen
>> MS-MVP [Mail]
>> Imperial Beach, CA
>>
>>
>> "Shop99er" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:83C43C7B-4DB6-4544-8699-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >I understand the when and why. What I need to know is, will my mail be
>> > deleted out of my various folders?
>> >
>> > When I was useing Outlook Express, when the mail was compacted, it
>> > was
>> > also
>> > taken out of the Inbox and other folders, and I had to go find and
>> > restore it.
>>
>> .
>>

Where is the compacted mail stored? I have Windows Mail and I can't find my
old e-mails anywhere.

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

> No, it should not. It should not have happened in OE either, but a
> combination of interfering with the compaction process, bloated folders,
> and the fragile dbx file system all contributed to the possibility of
> corruption when compaction in OE.
>
> Windows Mail stores all messages as separate eml files, unlike OE. That
> said, messages should always be backed up regardless of the e-mail client
> you use.
> --
> Bruce Hagen
> MS-MVP [Mail]
> Imperial Beach, CA
>
>
> "Shop99er" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:83C43C7B-4DB6-4544-8699-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I understand the when and why. What I need to know is, will my mail be
> > deleted out of my various folders?
> >
> > When I was useing Outlook Express, when the mail was compacted, it was
> > also
> > taken out of the Inbox and other folders, and I had to go find and
> > restore it.
>
> .
>

Compacting doesn't remove messages. Please start your own new thread and
explain /your/ problem in detail instead of in this thread. Thank you.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA


"Anna W." <Anna W.@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5E5947A6-80AA-4A2D-9F5D-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Where is the compacted mail stored? I have Windows Mail and I can't find
> my
> old e-mails anywhere.
>
> "Bruce Hagen" wrote:
>
>> No, it should not. It should not have happened in OE either, but a
>> combination of interfering with the compaction process, bloated
>> folders,
>> and the fragile dbx file system all contributed to the possibility of
>> corruption when compaction in OE.
>>
>> Windows Mail stores all messages as separate eml files, unlike OE. That
>> said, messages should always be backed up regardless of the e-mail
>> client
>> you use.
>> --
>> Bruce Hagen
>> MS-MVP [Mail]
>> Imperial Beach, CA
>>
>>
>> "Shop99er" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:83C43C7B-4DB6-4544-8699-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >I understand the when and why. What I need to know is, will my mail be
>> > deleted out of my various folders?
>> >
>> > When I was useing Outlook Express, when the mail was compacted, it
>> > was
>> > also
>> > taken out of the Inbox and other folders, and I had to go find and
>> > restore it.
>>
>> .
>>

Search for *.eml. Compaction only compacts the database and no the eml
files (messages). If you lost some messages, then see point 3 here as there
is likely some 3rd party program interference: www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3

steve

"Anna W." <Anna W.@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5E5947A6-80AA-4A2D-9F5D-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Where is the compacted mail stored? I have Windows Mail and I can't find
> my
> old e-mails anywhere.
>
> "Bruce Hagen" wrote:
>
>> No, it should not. It should not have happened in OE either, but a
>> combination of interfering with the compaction process, bloated folders,
>> and the fragile dbx file system all contributed to the possibility of
>> corruption when compaction in OE.
>>
>> Windows Mail stores all messages as separate eml files, unlike OE. That
>> said, messages should always be backed up regardless of the e-mail client
>> you use.
>> --
>> Bruce Hagen
>> MS-MVP [Mail]
>> Imperial Beach, CA
>>
>>
>> "Shop99er" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:83C43C7B-4DB6-4544-8699-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >I understand the when and why. What I need to know is, will my mail be
>> > deleted out of my various folders?
>> >
>> > When I was useing Outlook Express, when the mail was compacted, it was
>> > also
>> > taken out of the Inbox and other folders, and I had to go find and
>> > restore it.
>>
>> .
>>