Coalto,

If you could tell us which e-mail client you are using....it would sure help...Is your mail on an Exchange server, or do you just use POP3 mail from a standard ISP?

Your internet service provider, or an Exchange server will keep a record of this, so you might be able to contact them and get another look..Unfortunately, it might take an act of congress to get it done though.

If you happen to be using Outlook Express as your e-mail client AND you went through the standard "delete" process, you can try to open the "Deleted Items.dbx" file in "notepad" and it should allow you to view many of the previous messages.

Hope this helps.

Grif