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Following compacting of INBOX last night all emails from 18.11.17 to 29.12.17 had disappeared: please assist in retrieving them

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glenmola
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Is there a way of retrieving the lost emails from INBOX following a campacting of the inbox last night

Is there a way of retrieving the lost emails from INBOX following a campacting of the inbox last night

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Matt
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Short answer is no, unless there was an error in the index building. Right clicking and selecting properties and then repair on the affected folder will fix index problems, but it can not bring back things that are lost.

Wayne Mery
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The loss might have been caused by your antivirus software