Outlook Express retrieving archived messages

[Guest]

Yeah I really can't recall the exact menu, I'll have a search online.

Very kind of you Joe.

Laurie

[flyjoe180]

Great, the gremlins have moved in and I'm having internet issues myself now with intermittent connectivity on both my broadband and via my phone. If you search for recovering archived messages in Outlook Express Laurie, there are different methods depending on your OS and the version of OE you have installed. Microsoft have pages of solutions. I'd like to help further with the archive option but I can't stay online long enough to do it in the time I have left this morning sorry. Now off to try and get someone to look at my internet, it's taken me 15 minutes to post this!.

[Guest]

I wish I knew what all this means,

No you don't! Ignorance is the bet policy. You get more time to do interesting things.

[Guest]

No you don't! Ignorance is the bet policy. You get more time to do interesting things.

Yeah that's bloody true.

[Guest]

Great, the gremlins have moved in and I'm having internet issues myself now with intermittent connectivity on both my broadband and via my phone. If you search for recovering archived messages in Outlook Express Laurie, there are different methods depending on your OS and the version of OE you have installed. Microsoft have pages of solutions. I'd like to help further with the archive option but I can't stay online long enough to do it in the time I have left this morning sorry. Now off to try and get someone to look at my internet, it's taken me 15 minutes to post this!.

I had trouble like that: intermittent on both broadband and phone. It was a worn out line from the post to the house. (I phoned BT at 11:55 pm on the Sunday. They immediately gave me an appointment for the following Tuesday morning. The Engineer came after breakfast and fixed it. Compared to years ago it would have taken weeks. Good 'ole BT!)

[Guest]

No you don't! Ignorance is the bet policy.

Could not agree with you more Steve and I seemed to have it in buckets. Plus they get re-filled up every time I try to empty them.

Laurie

[flyjoe180]

My internet is still down, using cellphone tethering in the meantime. Something to do with a local exchange point. I'll leave that to the people with the overalls and high foreheads to sort out.

How did you get on Laurie? Did you get an opportunity to read through some of the Microsoft pages on recovering .dbx files? The link Si provided seems a good one for reading the messages you have archived. As for preventing it from archiving in future, I found this, but again it depends on the version you are using etc.

An earlier version:

1. 'Tools' menu => select 'Options'

2. Select and click the 'Other' tab

3. Click on 'Auto archive'

4. Uncheck the 'Auto archive every' check box

5. Click OK twice

For a later version:

1. 'File' menu => select 'Options'

2. Click on 'Advanced' on the left then click on 'Auto Archive Settings'

3. Uncheck 'Run Auto Archive every' check box

4. Click OK twice

Hope this helps Laurie. If yours is different it will have a similar process no doubt.

[Guest]

Version 6 so it must be the latter instructions. Very nice of you to do that Joe.

Thanks.

Laurie