Outlook Express lost messages still on server

[Tom]

I compacted my messages on outlook express and a whole years worth of
messages were removed.

I still have the messages on the server. How do I coax Outlook
express to download these messages?

 

[Peter Foldes]

First of all this newsgroup is for Outlook a part of Office and not for Outlook
Express which is a part of Internet Explorer

Now to your issue

Why it happens:

http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/problems/bugs.htm#mailgone
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/community/columns/filecorruption.mspx

Recovering the missing data: http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx (#2 and #4)
and http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=918069 (see Notes section under
Resolution)
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