Emails Disappear from Outlook 2003

[nomadfootwear]

1 week old emails in the Inbox disappear by itself. I can't locate the
emails using the Advanced Find feature. It seemed like the emails have
been deleted permanently.

Current computer is: Windows XP Pro SP2, Outlook 2003, Microsoft
Exchange Server set up.

I checked the delivery mailbox locations and it is set up to the server
for only one location. No rules set up on this computer. As
researching for this topic, I already checked on the setting on View ->
Arrange By -> Current View -> Message. No filter rules have been
applied. The missing emails are not in the Archieved folder either.

Any other possibility on this issue?

Any input is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Lisa

 

[ZootRot]

Do you have any auto-archiving facilities?

 

[Ronnie-Bird]

I'm having much the same issue as Lisa. Similar computer setup, but no
Exchange Server. I'm running this configuration for only a couple of weeks.
For years I used Outlook Express with almost no problems, but I needed email
merge capability, so we added Outlook to the mix. The transition was fine,
but Outlook has become a major headache!

When Outlook 2003 was installed, I didn't realize that Auto Archive was
automatically enabled--that's a bad default setting! I lost quite a few
emails from my sent emails folder, but none were too tragic. So last week,
when I realized what had happened, I located and disabled all Auto Archive
functions in the options window.

Today, when I went to sort my previous week's emails into folders, I faced
the same thing, again, but this time some important emails have disappeared.
Auto Archive is still off, and they were not deleted, but searches have
produced nothing. I enabled hidden folder view, and searched all hidden
files, but a search shows there are no PST files on the computer, anywhere.
So where did my emails go?

Where do I go from here?

Ron

 

[Outlook 2003 - Missing Emails]

The Auto Archive feature was turned off. Trying to go through the
Deleted folder and no missing emails there as well.

I read few posting from other groups indicating that some hidden pst
files may be found. What are they usually called in ".pst"?

Thanks.

Lisa

 

[Outlook 2003 - Missing Emails]

The Auto Archive feature was turned off. Trying to go through the
Deleted folder and no missing emails there as well.

I read few posting from other groups indicating that some hidden pst
files may be found. What are they usually called in ".pst"?

Thanks.

Lisa

 

[Brian Tillman]

The Auto Archive feature was turned off. Trying to go through the
Deleted folder and no missing emails there as well.

I read few posting from other groups indicating that some hidden pst
files may be found. What are they usually called in ".pst"?

A PST is the file extension used by the file(s) that hold your Personal
Folders (Inbox, Outbox, Calendar, Contacts, etc.). Its default location is
a hidden folder, but you can easily see the path to that file with FIle>Data
File Management.