Recovering missing email

[Roy]

Hi Folks-In ignorance, I moved my User Data Folder, and, like others
seeking help, have seemingly lost all of my emails and contacts. I
have tried (1) moving the User Data Folder back from an earlier
backup; (2) disabling Norton AntiVirus; (3) making sure Unread Only
was not checked; (4) calling technical support at Charter
Communications, my IP; and (5) opening the files in lost+found-all to
no avail.

However, when I do a Spotlight search on a missing email, Spotlight
returns a name--but no path; for example: Name = 'Progress on
Project'. When I click on this Spotlight result, I get a message that
reads: "Entourage cannot find this item. It may have been deleted or
renamed."

Is there anything I can do to recover my mail? Might it still exist
somewhere? Thank you.

 

[Jolly Roger]

disabling Norton AntiVirus

I know this is off-topic, but why in the world are you running Norton
AntiVirus on a Mac to begin with? There are no viruses in the wild for
Mac OS X, and it has been this way for the past seven years now.

 

[Diane Ross]

(5) opening the files in lost+found-all to
no avail.

Were you able to see any files in lost+found?

However, when I do a Spotlight search on a missing email, Spotlight
returns a name--but no path; for example: Name = 'Progress on
Project'. When I click on this Spotlight result, I get a message that
reads: "Entourage cannot find this item. It may have been deleted or
renamed."

In your Library folder check to see if the spotlight cache files contain any
useable data.

~/Library/Caches/Metadata/Microsoft/Entourage/2004
--
Diane Ross, Microsoft Mac MVP
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