Disappearing E-mail messages in Outlook 2007

[Bob]

I am running Outlook 2007 under Vista Home Premium. The e-mail is working
OK except for one matter. When I write an e-mail message to someone, it
goes into Outbox, then into Sent Items. After that, I move the message to
my inbox.

The message stays in the inbox for a day or so, but then mysteriously
disappears! I can't find these missing messages anywhere. Am I doing the
wrong thing by moving then to my inbox? I notice that not every message I
move in this way disappears -- just some of them.

My e-mail is configured to show all messages, so that is not the problem.
Is it me or the application? Any help will be appreciated.

----------------Bob J.

 

[Gordon]

I am running Outlook 2007 under Vista Home Premium. The e-mail is working
OK except for one matter. When I write an e-mail message to someone, it
goes into Outbox, then into Sent Items. After that, I move the message to
my inbox.

Why?

 

[Bob]

Why?

I like to move certain sent e-mail messages to the inbox so I can follow up
to see if a reply has been received or not received. I find this convenient
to the way I do things. Also, I was afraid that e-mail messages left in the
Sent Items folder might be automatically deleted by the system.

I don't mind (too much) that my procedure is questioned without suggesting
answering my problem. I still would like hear whether Outlook has a problem
or whether the way I am doing things if causing the messages to disappear.
Thanks.

 

[Gordon]

I like to move certain sent e-mail messages to the inbox so I can follow
up to see if a reply has been received or not received. I find this
convenient to the way I do things.

Have you tried the "Show all related messages" function?


Also, I was afraid that e-mail messages left in the

Sent Items folder might be automatically deleted by the system.

Nope - unless you are on Exchange and exceed your quota AFAIK

I don't mind (too much) that my procedure is questioned without suggesting
answering my problem. I still would like hear whether Outlook has a
problem or whether the way I am doing things if causing the messages to
disappear. Thanks.

Check your views or any automated archiving function....

 

[Bob]

Have you tried the "Show all related messages" function?


Also, I was afraid that e-mail messages left in the

Nope - unless you are on Exchange and exceed your quota AFAIK


Check your views or any automated archiving function....

Thanks to Gordon for a helpful reply. My Views settings were OK, but I did
find and change a couple of e-mail folders that were set up for
AutoArchiving. That will be helpful in the future, but doesn't explain the
disappearing-mails (there were only 3), as my inbox was not set for
AutoArchiving and no Archive.pst account had been set up in Outlook.

I could not find a Show All Related Messages function in Outlook 2007, but I
did check out all my View options. I didn't see any settings there that
might explain my problem.

I'm giving up for now, but will investigate further if any more messages
disappear from my inbox. Thanks again.