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Question

deleted my inbox in outlook 2010

Jan 1, 2013 11:22PM PST

hope you guys can help..at work i rather stupidly deleted en masse my inbox to my deleted items(150 entries)...it was the end of the day and i couldnt find a way to transfer them all back in one hit..i panicked as i was worried about permanently dleting them all as it has all i need for my job!! i somehow managed to copy them all but not transfer and now it seems i cannot receive any e-mails as the box is too full(and yet empty at the same time..!!) is there somehow i can transfer everthing back into my inbox in one hot and then duplicate the copy!! im back tomorrow and worried..lol

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Not clear.
Jan 1, 2013 11:36PM PST

What it "copy all but not transfer"?
Why is it "empty"?
Why is it "too full"?
What is "duplicate the copy"?

I'd first try to drag and drop those mails back to the inbox. If no luck, make a backup copy of the pst-file, then compact it, than see if it works. But if you set Outlook to empty the inbox automatically when closing (or starting, the effect is the same) you might have lost the mails that aren't in your latest backup. Of course, if you need those mails for your job, you make a regular backup, don't you?

Kees

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See Kees reply.
Jan 1, 2013 11:45PM PST

I've used the drag and drop from the items to the other box for years.
Bob