True, Alex, but I need to know how to get my email back! I see files that say Old Messages, Old Database and Old Database cache in the Identities Folder of Outlook Express. What do I do with them to get my email back???? Jane > From: Alex <alist at sprint.ca> > Reply-To: "Home Macintosh Users List"<HomeMac at lists.themacintoshguy.com> > Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 09:32:13 -0500 > To: "Home Macintosh Users List" <HomeMac at lists.themacintoshguy.com> > Subject: [HM] Re: help ---- lost my email! > > > On Monday, Feb 16, 2004, at 02:17 Canada/Eastern, Jane Sprando wrote: > >> [...] you need to throw out old messages once in a while.[...] > > No, you don't. You do need a current backup. Depending on which e-mail > client you're using, you may also need to archive messages once in a > while. >