I have years worth of messages which are in the inbox (not archived at all)
but they do not show when I execute a search for them. I only get items
dating back 6 months or so

Verify if your index is built correctly.
See http://www.msoutlook.info/question/47

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"Steve" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I have years worth of messages which are in the inbox (not archived at
> all)
> but they do not show when I execute a search for them. I only get items
> dating back 6 months or so