For the 2nd time this year, I have lost my inbox right after compacting. I
have tried that McCallan program but it did not help. I have not tried
DBXpres yet. PLEASE tell me how I can disable this annoying process and
please help me recover my inbox. I have some important e-mails that I
received this morning that I desperately need. THANKS !

Why it happens:

http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/probl...s.htm#mailgone
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/...orruption.mspx

Recovering data: http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#4
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
DBXtract
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/Default.aspx

DBXtend (additional functionality)
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtend/Default.aspx

DBXpress (faster, more powerful, with even greater functionality)
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/Default.aspx

OEX (OE Enhancement Program)
http://www.oehelp.com/OEX/Default.aspx
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Avoid Such Corruption in Future:

- Don't use Inbox or Sent Items to archive messages. Move them to local
folders created for this purpose.

- Empty Deleted Items folder daily.

- Disable Background Compacting [N/A in SP2] and frequently perform a manual
compact of all OE folders while "working offline". More at
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/files/maintain.htm.

- WinXP SP2 only: Do not shut down your machine while Windows is
automatically compacting your message store.

- Your anti-virus application's email scanning feature can also cause such
corruption. Disable it. It provides no additional protection.

--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Security, Shell/User)

rosemary4754 wrote:
> For the 2nd time this year, I have lost my inbox right after compacting.
> I
> have tried that McCallan program but it did not help. I have not tried
> DBXpres yet. PLEASE tell me how I can disable this annoying process and
> please help me recover my inbox. I have some important e-mails that I
> received this morning that I desperately need. THANKS !

I guess sometimes we learn the hard way about things like this. But the the
first time it happened, I even lost some folders that were not inbox. Any
suggestions?

"PA Bear" wrote:

> Why it happens:
>
> http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/probl...s.htm#mailgone
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/...orruption.mspx
>
> Recovering data: http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#4
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> DBXtract
> http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/Default.aspx
>
> DBXtend (additional functionality)
> http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtend/Default.aspx
>
> DBXpress (faster, more powerful, with even greater functionality)
> http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/Default.aspx
>
> OEX (OE Enhancement Program)
> http://www.oehelp.com/OEX/Default.aspx
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Avoid Such Corruption in Future:
>
> - Don't use Inbox or Sent Items to archive messages. Move them to local
> folders created for this purpose.
>
> - Empty Deleted Items folder daily.
>
> - Disable Background Compacting [N/A in SP2] and frequently perform a manual
> compact of all OE folders while "working offline". More at
> http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/files/maintain.htm.
>
> - WinXP SP2 only: Do not shut down your machine while Windows is
> automatically compacting your message store.
>
> - Your anti-virus application's email scanning feature can also cause such
> corruption. Disable it. It provides no additional protection.
>
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Security, Shell/User)
>
> rosemary4754 wrote:
> > For the 2nd time this year, I have lost my inbox right after compacting.
> > I
> > have tried that McCallan program but it did not help. I have not tried
> > DBXpres yet. PLEASE tell me how I can disable this annoying process and
> > please help me recover my inbox. I have some important e-mails that I
> > received this morning that I desperately need. THANKS !
>
>

To see if you can recover messages from the lost folders, see "Recovering
data" link below.

To avoid having it happen again, see "Avoid Such Corruption in Future"
below.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Security, Shell/User)


rosemary4754 wrote:
> I guess sometimes we learn the hard way about things like this. But the
> the
> first time it happened, I even lost some folders that were not inbox. Any
> suggestions?
>
> "PA Bear" wrote:
>
>> Why it happens:
>>
>> http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/probl...s.htm#mailgone
>>
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/...orruption.mspx
>>
>> Recovering data: http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#4
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> DBXtract
>> http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/Default.aspx
>>
>> DBXtend (additional functionality)
>> http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtend/Default.aspx
>>
>> DBXpress (faster, more powerful, with even greater functionality)
>> http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/Default.aspx
>>
>> OEX (OE Enhancement Program)
>> http://www.oehelp.com/OEX/Default.aspx
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> Avoid Such Corruption in Future:
>>
>> - Don't use Inbox or Sent Items to archive messages. Move them to local
>> folders created for this purpose.
>>
>> - Empty Deleted Items folder daily.
>>
>> - Disable Background Compacting [N/A in SP2] and frequently perform a
>> manual compact of all OE folders while "working offline". More at
>> http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/files/maintain.htm.
>>
>> - WinXP SP2 only: Do not shut down your machine while Windows is
>> automatically compacting your message store.
>>
>> - Your anti-virus application's email scanning feature can also cause
>> such
>> corruption. Disable it. It provides no additional protection.
>>
>> --
>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>> MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Security, Shell/User)
>>
>> rosemary4754 wrote:
>>> For the 2nd time this year, I have lost my inbox right after compacting.
>>> I
>>> have tried that McCallan program but it did not help. I have not tried
>>> DBXpres yet. PLEASE tell me how I can disable this annoying process and
>>> please help me recover my inbox. I have some important e-mails that I
>>> received this morning that I desperately need. THANKS !