"presumably from the server too."
I don't understand; haven't you checked via webmail to see if
the messages are still on the server?
By default the current version of Windows Live Mail does not
remove downloaded messages from the server.
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Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)
"tinwep15" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message news:8f119f9b9f7e62a5d7c5572ac0e07160@xxxxxx-gateway.com...
Quote:
>
> Greetings community members. I'm a bit of an outsider (XP still, sorry),
> but I hope I can glean a little help. In short I've exactly the same
> issue as the original poster. I have a BT Yahoo account which my son has
> very 'helpfully' redirected to Windows Live mail. When he completed the
> migration, the entire contents of my inbox was deleted, presumably from
> the server too.
>
> Unfortunately he claims he has no idea what he did (he's a very bright,
> but typically careless 13 year old... no offence implied or otherwise to
> similarly inflicted members, but I swear the testosterone has caused
> serious brain damage), and now I'm struggling to understand how to
> recover a lot of important stuff.
>
> Could anyone help please?
>
> Email client: BT Yahoo (btopenworld)
> Server type: POP3
> OP sys: XP
>
> Cheers... Paul
>
>
> --
> tinwep15