Re: Compacted emails - recoverable?

From: Duane Goertson (goertson_at_dowco.com)
Date: 12/01/04


Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 18:30:48 -0800


"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"

Thank you for your reply. I've searched for 'archive.pst' without success.
The window that I OK'd did say 'compact' rather than 'archive'

I really appreciate your advice re my email address & will be 'munging' it
from now on.

Thanks.

Duane

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
<lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com> wrote in message
news:udQYYsu1EHA.1264@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Duane Goertson wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I recently started to use Outlook and it asked me each time that I
>> closed it if I wanted to 'compact' my emails. I said no for a couple
>> of weeks. No problem. However, I got tired of it asking each time
>> that it started & decided to click on the box where it asked me to
>> click if I wanted to stop that window from appearing. When I went to
>> close the window I clicked on OK thinking that all that would happen
>> would be that the window would no longer appear.
>>
>> Sadly, it has removed all of my email folders except for the main
>> ones. Is there some way that I can recover the 'compacted' emails.
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> Duane
>> carter1950@
>
> I suspect you mean "archive", not compact. Open your archive.pst file and
> your items should be there.
>
> Note - posting your valid e-mail address in a newsgroup post, or in your
> news account settings, is a surefire way to get spam and SWEN and other
> viruses sent to you....see http://www.mailmsg.com/SPAM_munging.htm for
> help
> in the future.
>
>



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