[Gracey]

Sorry... To be more accurate my old downloaded mail did not show up.... Apologies for my poor explanation.

Do you know if it's completely lost? The address book is still intact but the mail went "adios."

[backhoe]

Try running a "find files" search for *.mbx, which is the generic group of fileneames for the OE databases of various email groups... like inbox.mbx, where your incoming mail is stored. This will at least reveal if your old email is still on the drive somewhere. To tell the truth, I'm not sure what you do with that if you find them- I'm more of a DOS than Windows guy!