Is there any way to retrive an old e-mail?

I don't know exactly how AOL works, so... If the mail is stored on your system, then there's at least a possibility it's still there. It won't be easy to find, but MOST email programs use the MBOX format for email, which is basically just a big text file. All messages stay in there, even after being deleted, until cleared out by doing something like running a folder compression command.

If the mail is stored on AOL's systems, it's gone. There might be ways to retrieve it, IF you could get the help of some AOL admin, but the odds of that happening are basically none.

on your hard drive, it's gone.

I use Outlook Express and save all my emails on my machine. I leave nothing on my provider's server. Using web mail is not a good idea. Anyone on their end can look at it and do with it as they wish.

Wayne

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I didn't read the article but maybe there is some helpful info.LINK

Tom

Typically if you used a web browser to access your mail when it is deleted only a restore from backup by the isp an retrieve it. If you used outlook/OE. It could be on your hard drive but scrambled. A disk recovery shop could probably get it back.