lost outlook express inbox messages

The messages in the inbox of outlook express 6.0 suddenly were lost. The
inbox.dbx file, however, remains very large but will only reveal a very small
fraction when trying to view email. This is the second time files were lost
in the viewing of email. I understand the inbox was of large size as files
were not deleted for some time.

How do I regain the full content of the inbox?

"lavanis" <lavanis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:BC092F75-9078-4C85-A34F-CFD1691C75AC@microsoft.com...
> The messages in the inbox of outlook express 6.0 suddenly were lost. The
> inbox.dbx file, however, remains very large but will only reveal a very
> small
> fraction when trying to view email. This is the second time files were
> lost
> in the viewing of email. I understand the inbox was of large size as
> files
> were not deleted for some time.
>
> How do I regain the full content of the inbox?


Outlook EXPRESS is not part of Office.

For help with your OE questions, try an OE newsgroup such as
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress (for OE 6), or
an OE help website such as http://insideOE.tomsterdam.com. If you're
accessing the Microsoft newsgroups through the MS Product Support
Services "Community Newsgroups" web interface, click
http://www.microsoft.com/communities...xpress.general
Good luck!

Hi Lavanis,

If when viewing the Inbox, using View=>Current view=>View all doesn't show all of the messages in the inbox doesn't help you may
want to use the link below to also post in the MS Outlook Express discussion group. The file may be corrupted (Outlook Express
isn't an Office app <g>).


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<<"lavanis" <lavanis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:BC092F75-9078-4C85-A34F-CFD1691C75AC@microsoft.com...
The messages in the inbox of outlook express 6.0 suddenly were lost. The
inbox.dbx file, however, remains very large but will only reveal a very small
fraction when trying to view email. This is the second time files were lost
in the viewing of email. I understand the inbox was of large size as files
were not deleted for some time.

How do I regain the full content of the inbox?>>
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Please let us know if this has helped,

Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP

>>*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends<<

LINKS
A. Specific newsgroup/discussion group mentioned in this message:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...xpress.general
or via browser:
http://microsoft.com/communities/new...xpress.general

B. MS Office Community discussion/newsgroups via Web Browser
http://microsoft.com/office/communit...s/default.mspx
or
Microsoft hosted newsgroups via Outlook Express/newsreader
news://msnews.microsoft.com

lavanis wrote:
> The messages in the inbox of outlook express 6.0 suddenly were lost. The
> inbox.dbx file, however, remains very large but will only reveal a very small
> fraction when trying to view email. This is the second time files were lost
> in the viewing of email. I understand the inbox was of large size as files
> were not deleted for some time.
>
> How do I regain the full content of the inbox?

If it's over 200 MB, you're probably screwed. Download and install
Thunderbird and see if can import the messages for you and start using
that instead of Outhouse Distress. www.mozilla.com/thunderbird

Alias

[Shardik]

If everything else fails if you cannot find your messages back, have a look at Foxtract.
This tool scans your corrupted dbx file and will extract your e-mails, even if the trees are corrupted (Outlook Express uses tree structures to retrieve the messages).

This tool is free, GPL licensed, the source code is freely available.

--> http://code.google.com/p/foxtract