Thats a good answer Bob If this works let us know - I have been compacting ever since we had the auto option , maybe I will turn it off so I am not the next one to learn this the hard way - Another way to loose OE mail is when running scandisk and it asks to fix a crosslink and make a readable file, *say NO* or it will write the file over your folder names and you will think all your mail has been deleted - Dan Genealogy Resources http://www.wvi.com/~wb For Virus/Spam/Firewall/help on win or OE http://www.angelfire.com/or/matney/page1.html All my lists have a website to share data - ask ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Hays" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 18, 2001 7:08 AM Subject: Re: [OE] folders disappeared > Happens all the time John. > MS OE 5+ has a glitch in it that can and will cause the loss of msg.,s and/or > entire folders. > If you have OE set to compact in the back ground ,,,, turn it off. > > Go to Tools / Options / Maintenance and uncheck the option to compact > folders in the background. >