OE6 deletion problems

[tahititom]

During the last week, after opening a message in the Inbox, leaving it
displayed and going to another message or to IE, the just opened message I
was reading disappears. I cannot locate it via "Find" or "Search" - fully
deleted, rather vaporized..
I don't recall having changed any settings - this is a bad development.
Anyone have a clue where I may have failed. Using XP Pro - this is first
problem. Will appreciate all help.

 

[PA Bear]

Start here: http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/problems/bugs.htm#mailgone.

DBXtract
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/Default.aspx

DBXtend (faster & more options)
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtend/Default.aspx

Inbox.dbx is damaged. Close OE and then Move Inbox.dbx to another Windows
(not OE) folder and run DBXtract/DBXtend on the moved file. (A new, empty
Inbox.dbx will be created when you next open OE.) In WindowsXP, the OE user
files (DBX and WAB) are by default marked as hidden. To view these files in
Explorer, you must enable Show Hidden Files and Folders under Start>Control
Panel>Folder Options>View.

If either application successfully recovers any messages, count yourself
fortunate. Recovered messages may be dragged into an open OE folder, but...

Don't use Inbox or Sent Items to archive messages. Move them to local
folders created for this purpose. Disable Background Compacting and
frequently perform a manual compact of all OE folders while "working
offline". More at http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/files/maintain.htm.
--
OE6-specific newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress

HTH...Please post back to this thread

~Robear Dyer (aka PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE), AH-VSOP

Protect Your PC
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/default.asp

 

[NobodyMan]

During the last week, after opening a message in the Inbox, leaving it
displayed and going to another message or to IE, the just opened message I
was reading disappears. I cannot locate it via "Find" or "Search" - fully
deleted, rather vaporized..
I don't recall having changed any settings - this is a bad development.
Anyone have a clue where I may have failed. Using XP Pro - this is first
problem. Will appreciate all help.

You need to ask this question in an OE newsgroup. This one is for the
XP OS. Bye bye now!