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When I open up my old e-mails, the message is gone. I

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It's almost the same as opening up a new e-mail account, except, I haven't opened up a new account. When I click on an old e-mail, the message is gone. Also, when I click on the e-mail, another e-mail message address shows up.

It's almost the same as opening up a new e-mail account, except, I haven't opened up a new account. When I click on an old e-mail, the message is gone. Also, when I click on the e-mail, another e-mail message address shows up.

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ritastarryeyes said

Also, when I click on the e-mail, another e-mail message address shows up.

That gives me hope that a repair will bring your mail back, rather than demonstrate the true extent of your loss.. Right click the folder and select properties Click the repair button.

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ritastarryeyes said

It's almost the same as opening up a new e-mail account, except, I haven't opened up a new account. When I click on an old e-mail, the message is gone. Also, when I click on the e-mail, another e-mail message address shows up.
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did you repair the folder?

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I did this, as I had a similar problem, and what was totally empty, then had 4 messages with random dates, although Number of messages had 663. Is there a size limit that I may be running into?