Missing Emails in Outlook 2003

[Roltz]

Hello,

I started Outlook 2003 this morning and had 4 new emails. I downloaded them
on February 24, but what came up was 4 emails from December 10 the previous
year (the same email all four times). This seemed strange so I sent myself
an email, clicked send a receive, and received the same old email from
December 10 again. Every time I sent a test email, no matter what I wrote in
it, it always came in as that old email from December 10.

I restarted Outlook and sent myself a test email, this time it worked fine.
My question is, how can I get those original four emails back? My ISP does
not have them on their server anymore (I am using POP3). I still have them
in their "converted" form (the December 10 email). I have a feeling they may
be important.

Any help would be appreciated, thank you.

 

[Roltz]

I have also just checked the emails, and even though the header and text are
the same, the attached file is a different size in each email. The
attachements cannot be opened. I get an email saying to open and repair as
it is corrupted, but I'm not sure what this means.