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01-15-2009
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| | Re: Messages disappeared after re-setting account Sorry, they are permanently deleted. You can try a file undelete utility such as http://www.recuva.com. Next time, heed the warning that comes up when you start to delete an account in WLM (see screenshot below). MS should have made that warning more prominent, or (even better) automatically moved the account folders to Storage folders. -- Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail) "Stephen" <LuavulMan@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:K9qdnQyxfKw7BvLUnZ2dnUVZ_tXinZ2d@xxxxxx Quote: >I have Vista Home Premium, and Windows Live Mail to access a POP3 account. > I couldn't send messages, getting an error message about the SMTP server. > So I deleted the account, and set it up again, as I have done in the past > when using Outlook Express and Outlook, as that usually fixed whatever > became corrupted. But with Windows Live Mail, all of the existing folders > (inbox, sent mail) disappeared, and those messages appear to be gone. In > Outlook and Outlook Express, the message folders didn't disappear when the > account was deleted and reset. Are those messages saved on ym computer in > another file, or were they permanently deleted? > |
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