Outlook express query

[Ade B]

I managed to somehow delete a huge chunk of sent items from my outlook express folders. We back this up every week, and I've tried dropping the backed up folder with a new name back into the main email folder.

Thing is it won't see the file - for some reason all of the email files default to a dbx format (although it seems to run happily) which is an AutoCAD file type - which we also have on the pc.

Whilst this is not a huge issue as we have paper copies of important stuff, its mightily annoying - and no doubt we should also be using a different email browser...

Any ideas?

Ade

 

[Benzowner]

You could ask the people you sent them to to resend them back to you, that would put them in your in box. I am pretty sure that when you delete sent mail, its gone and cannot be recovered, maybe someone with more knowledge than me may know better. HTH

Geoff

 

[Rory]

I use OE for personal stuff and it does lose folder contents now and again for some reason (I think it's a known issue).

The file format of the folders is .dbx - maybe you could create a new folder in OE (like Sent2) so it would create a Sent2.dbx. You'd have to rename that wherever your folders are stored (to say Sent2.old), then drop in your backed up sent folder and then rename it to Sent2.dbx folder name.

I should stress I'm guessing here - maybe it won't read it because of indexing issues, or something?

 

[Ade B]

You could ask the people you sent them to to resend them back to you, that would put them in your in box. I am pretty sure that when you delete sent mail, its gone and cannot be recovered, maybe someone with more knowledge than me may know better. HTH

Geoff

We don't delete sent mail, unfortunately we're talking hundreds of mails so getting them sent back is not really an option..

The file format of the folders is .dbx - maybe you could create a new folder in OE (like Sent2) so it would create a Sent2.dbx. You'd have to rename that wherever your folders are stored (to say Sent2.old), then drop in your backed up sent folder and then rename it to Sent2.dbx folder name.

Might try that, I just dumped the renamed file in the correct folder and expected OE to find it...

Ade

 

[Ade B]

Nope wouldn't let me overwrite the 'sent emails escaped' folder with the actual backup with the same name..

Ade

 

[Rory]

Nope wouldn't let me overwrite the 'sent emails escaped' folder with the actual backup with the same name..

Ade

I assume you're looking (using Windows Explorer, or whatever) at the place where the actual files are stored - not at the folder name in OE?

You would need to change the "sent mails escaped" file name to something else first, then rename the file you've brought from your backup.

If your mail is important then make sure you've got another, separate, current backup and if you're using XP then set a restore point before mucking about.

 

[timskemp]

Copy the backup folder to your PC in another location. Back up your OE store before you start. Go to "tools", "import", "messages", "OE6". Click on "import mail from OE6 store directory". Point at the backup folder, say hello to all your mail.

Don't get caught out by the 2 gig limit though!

PM me if you need a talk through