Many thanks, your link took me straight to a satifactory solution and advice
on how to protect against it happening again. THANKS AGAIN.

"Bob I" wrote:

> Outlook Express isn't part of the Office suite of application, but comes
> with Internet Explorer. Perhaps post your query there for answers. Link
> attached.
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/communities...&lang=en&cr=US
>
>
>
> Robert D wrote:
>
> > Outlook Express 6 compacted my email messages last night, however when I
> > opened it this morning all messages (approximately 400) after 11/09/2007 are
> > missing from my Inbox. All other folders seem fine and new messages also
> > appear.
>
>