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MS Office Forum / Outlook / General MS Outlook Questions / March 2008deleted messages moved to inbox
About 400 of my emails that were in my deleted folder moved back to my inbox and I can't figure out why. They now show as unread messages. It will take me forever to delete them again. Ok, is there a question involved here?  SignatureRobert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook] Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.howto-outlook.com/ Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more http://www.msoutlook.info/ Real World Questions, Real World Answers ----- > About 400 of my emails that were in my deleted folder moved back to my > inbox > and I can't figure out why. They now show as unread messages. It will take > me > forever to delete them again. Yes, the question is...how do I get all those messages back into the deleted folder without having to reread all the messages to decide what to keep and what to delete. I would love to restore it back to the way it was last night before those 400 messages snuck back into my inbox. > Ok, is there a question involved here? > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > me > > forever to delete them again. Shift + Select - Delete Why are you storing msgs in the deleted folder? very bad idea > Yes, the question is...how do I get all those messages back into the > deleted [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >> > me >> > forever to delete them again. You didn't provide any configuration information for us to work with so your guess is as good as any. Either way; There is no way that this could happen automatically as Outlook doesn't have a "Restore all" function. It does have a "Empty Deleted Items Folder" function which I think you should have used before but never did. My guess; you leave a copy of your messages on the server and somehow managed to re-download all your mail that was still there. A restore from backup is of course the easiest way to restore. SignatureRobert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook] Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.howto-outlook.com/ Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more http://www.msoutlook.info/ Real World Questions, Real World Answers ----- > Yes, the question is...how do I get all those messages back into the > deleted [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >> > me >> > forever to delete them again. Roady, I don't know what kind of configuration info you need but it is Outlook, XP. It didn't restore all my deleted files, just some of them and I have no idea how I would have done that. I leave them in my "deleted folder" because occassionally I need to go back and look at something. I guess I could go through and get rid of those that I'm sure I'll never need and be more diligent about that in the future. But this has never happened before so I never thought about it. > You didn't provide any configuration information for us to work with so your > guess is as good as any. [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > >> > me > >> > forever to delete them again. Assuming you're using a pst-file the only way to restore is restoring from backup if you made any. If you keep items because you might need them in the future they shouldn't belong in the Deleted Items folder. Otherwise, with a bit of luck I could keep my tax papers in the trash can as well ;-) SignatureRobert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook] Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.howto-outlook.com/ Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more http://www.msoutlook.info/ Real World Questions, Real World Answers ----- > Roady, > [quoted text clipped - 40 lines] >> >> > me >> >> > forever to delete them again. Roady, Funny!! I went ahead and deleted all those messages that snuck back into my inbox. Then I deleted all the messages in the "Deleted" box. A new beginning:) I guess I'll never know how they did it but it doesn't matter now since they are gone now. Thanks for all your thoughts everyone. > Assuming you're using a pst-file the only way to restore is restoring from > backup if you made any. [quoted text clipped - 46 lines] > >> >> > me > >> >> > forever to delete them again. Good to hear and you're welcome! :-) SignatureRobert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook] Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.howto-outlook.com/ Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more http://www.msoutlook.info/ Real World Questions, Real World Answers ----- > Roady, > [quoted text clipped - 66 lines] >> >> >> > me >> >> >> > forever to delete them again.
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