Re: disappearing email due to buried rule

From: Jocelyn Fiorello [MVP - Outlook] (jfiorelloNOSPAM_at_mvps.org)
Date: 07/23/04 

Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 00:27:01 -0400

Sorry...you might try posting it again in a few days. This is an
all-volunteer forum so you never know for sure if a particular question will
be answered or not. 

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Jocelyn Fiorello
MVP - Outlook
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In news:1427664D-92D5-4107-982F-B13A863D30E2@microsoft.com,
km wrote:
> Followed your suggestions, but seems no one out there to help to
> decipher the log, hence I am not any further then from the start of
> this thread
>
> "Jocelyn Fiorello [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
>
>> As I said, if you post the log to this newsgroup, someone might be
>> able to help you figure out what the errors were...it might help you
>> discover why the messages are going missing.  I am unfortunately not
>> an expert in this area.  If you do post the log, please make it a
>> new post, as this thread is getting long and rather old and may be
>> overlooked -- make sure you include details from what we've already
>> talked about.
>>
>> --
>> Jocelyn Fiorello
>> MVP - Outlook
>>
>> *** Messages sent to my e-mail address will NOT be answered -- please
>> reply only to the newsgroup to preserve the message thread. ***
>>
>>
>> In news:79BB4CA9-7976-4377-90C9-9E77645C24CD@microsoft.com,
>> km wrote:
>>
>>> Yes, according to the log it fixed the errors, however in the
>>> meantime I received another message from the source in question and
>>> the message went missing again in Outlook... ???
>>>
>>> "Jocelyn Fiorello [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm not sure if there is one, or where to find it.  You can try
>>>> posting the log here and maybe someone will be able to help you
>>>> decipher it.  In the meantime, have you tried allowing the program
>>>> to fix the errors in the file?
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Jocelyn Fiorello
>>>> MVP - Outlook
>>>>
>>>> *** Messages sent to my e-mail address will NOT be answered --
>>>> please reply only to the newsgroup to preserve the message thread.
>>>> ***
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> In news:712DD3D8-A965-4604-90F8-E3DD33D917F2@microsoft.com,
>>>> km wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I did run this repair tool, which stated that it found errors and
>>>>> its log does give more specifics, which though are not understood
>>>>> from my side, hence will see how it is going to work. Is there any
>>>>> documentation available on this tool in order to help me to
>>>>> understand the log?
>>>>>
>>>>> "Jocelyn Fiorello [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> You might want to try running the Inbox Repair Tool against this
>>>>>> .PST file to see if it finds any errors.  Search your hard drive
>>>>>> for a file called scanpst.exe and run it.  Allow the tool to
>>>>>> make a backup of your file before it repairs anything.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Jocelyn Fiorello
>>>>>> MVP - Outlook
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *** Messages sent to my e-mail address will NOT be answered --
>>>>>> please reply only to the newsgroup to preserve the message
>>>>>> thread. ***
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In news:5DED1C57-9DF5-4276-8E19-CB1D2421DF8E@microsoft.com,
>>>>>> km wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Nope, neither. No filters and can not find.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Jocelyn Fiorello [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Can you find the missing messages using Advanced Find?  If so,
>>>>>>>> maybe you have a view or filter set that is hiding the messages
>>>>>>>> from this particular sender.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Jocelyn Fiorello
>>>>>>>> MVP - Outlook
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> *** Messages sent to my e-mail address will NOT be answered --
>>>>>>>> please reply only to the newsgroup to preserve the message
>>>>>>>> thread. ***
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> In news:F8974490-4FE1-4D96-BE28-EDA71B0C7A3B@microsoft.com,
>>>>>>>> km wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Throughout the years I have been using Outlook, started with
>>>>>>>>> the '97 edition, and unsing now the 2003 edition. All the way
>>>>>>>>> long I kept working basically with the same *.pst file,
>>>>>>>>> however somewhere during the application's upgrades a rule
>>>>>>>>> a/o folder must have been lost as I set emails from a certain
>>>>>>>>> sender to be sorted into a special folder, however nowadays
>>>>>>>>> emails from this sender are disappearing after being
>>>>>>>>> retrieved from the email server. I have already deleted all
>>>>>>>>> rules as well as swithced off the spam filter in Outlook but
>>>>>>>>> still facing the same trouble - any idea where the messages
>>>>>>>>> would be buried?

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