If you interrupted the message download, then the messages should still be
on the server.
The signal that all messages are downloaded is not sent until are messages
are downloaded.
Are you sure that your ISP didn't have trouble on that day?
--
Ronald Sommer
"Layla" <Layla@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4EDF7623-3036-47F2-A3ED-4A7C2F944568@microsoft.com...
:I realized what may have caused the problem: My computer was shut down
: improperly while the messages were downlaoding. I had a program running
that
: was frozen so I turned it off without shutting down and that may have been
: why the emails got lost as they were still downloading from the server. Is
: there any way I can retrieve the emails from someplace on the harddrive? I
: stupidly ignored all the error and prompt messages when it started up
again,
: and just started it normally.
: Thanks for your help, much appreciated.
: Layla
:
: "Gary VanderMolen" wrote:
:
: > If the messages are not in your inbox and not on the server
: > then perhaps the server malfunctioned. I presume you have
: > checked all your folders including Junk E-mail and Deleted Items.
: >
: > Gary VanderMolen
: >
: > "Layla" <Layla@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:064008B5-9E79-4F6E-A314-D3703242988D@microsoft.com...
: > > Hello,
: > >
: > > I've searched the boards for anyone else with this problem and can't
seem to
: > > find any solution. I use Windows mail and haven't had any problems
until now.
: > > I didn't check emails for three days and today I open Windows mail and
: > > there's about 24 hours worth of emails missing. Strange, as emails
receieved
: > > today were there, but there's a large chunk missing. there are no
messages
: > > in the inbox from the 9th(yesterday). I know for a fact there should
be mail.
: > > (I get email from many different forums automatically and there are
: > > messsages on that day that I didn't receieve, for one.)
: > > What happened and how can I try to recover these messages?
: > > I signed into my server account (verizon) to see to if they were stuck
on
: > > the server, but there's nothing there. I searched the message store
folder,
: > > not there either. Can anyone help? Am not that savvy technically.
: > > Thanks so much,
: > > Layla
: >
: >
: >