Sent mail vanishes

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Who'd read my mail?

"Espionage and email: as the Pentagon discovered, the two often go hand in hand. Following the arrests of two U.S. servicemen suspected of spying, the Pentagon is broadening its investigation of possible espionage activities at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. According to CNN, at least one of the security cases has involved suspicious emails that were discovered as part of a routine monitoring process."

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When it has to go through

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Steps to try

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How to read the code

"This document is intended to provide a comprehensive introduction to the behavior of email headers.

It is primarily intended to help victims of unsolicited email ("email spam") attempting to determine the real source of the (generally forged) email that plagues them; it should also help in attempts to understand any other forged email.
It may also be beneficial to readers interested in a general-purpose introduction to mail transfer on the Internet. "

"The ability to read and decipher email headers is a useful skill to learn for tracing messages to their original source and diagnosing many other problems. Headers may contain a lot of information but the most important information will always be contained in every email header."

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A tutorial

"Many spoof emails look very real. While there are some telltale signs, it can often be difficult to identify fake emails. Whenever you get an email about your PayPal account, the safest and easiest course of action is to open your browser and log in to your PayPal account directly without clicking any links in the email.

Warning signs that an email about your PayPal account are fake include a generic greeting, a false sense of urgency, and links that don't include:

"https://www.paypal.com" immediately before the first "/".

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Free toolkit

"If you can't open your Personal Folders file (.pst) or your Offline Folder file (.ost), or you suspect that your .pst or .ost data file is corrupt, you can use the Inbox Repair tool (Scanpst.exe), to diagnose and repair errors in the file.

1. Quit Microsoft Outlook if it's running.
2. Double-click Scanpst.exe, located at drive:\Program Files\Common Files\System\MSMAPI\LocaleID folder - where LocaleID is the locale identifier (LCID) for the installation of Microsoft Office. The LCID for English - United States is 1033.
3. In the Enter the name of the file you want to scan box, enter the name of the .pst or .ost file that you want to check, or click Browse to look for the file.
4. To specify scan log options, click Options, and then click the option you want.
5. Click Start.
6. When the scanning is completed, and if errors were found, you will be prompted to start the repair process.
7. To change the name or location of the backup file created during the repair process, in the Enter name of backup file box, enter a new name, or click Browse to look for the file.
8. Click Repair.
9. Start Outlook using the profile that contains the .pst file that you tried to repair.
10. On the Go menu, click Folder List.

In the Folder List, you may see a Recovered Personal Folders folder containing default Outlook folders or a Lost and Found folder. The recovered folders are usually empty, because this is a rebuilt .pst file. The Lost and Found folder contains folders and items that the Inbox Repair tool recovered. Items that are missing from the Lost and Found folder cannot be repaired.

If you see a Recovered Personal Folders folder, you can create a new .pst file, and then drag the items in the Lost and Found folder into the new .pst file. When you have finished moving all items, you can remove the Recovered Personal Folders (.pst) file, including the Lost and Found folder, from your profile."

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When all else fails

• Confirm that your e-mail server settings are correct
  
• Examine the configuration of your firewall software
  
• Check your antivirus vendor's Web site for additional suggestions
  
• Determine whether your modem is functioning correctly
  
• Verify the Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) size that is set on your router
  
• Remove and then reinstall Outlook Express
  
• Create a new e-mail profile
  
• Delete suspicious messages from your mailbox

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Error warning

1. Double-click My Computer.
   
2. On the View menu, click Folder Options (or Tools>Folder Options).
   
3. On the File Types tab, click URL:MailTo Protocol in the Registered File Types list, and then click Edit.
   
4. In the Actions box, click Open, and then click Edit.
   
5. Click to remove the Use DDE check box, and then click OK.
   
6. Click Close two times.

1. OpenExplorer
   
2. Select Tools and then Folder Options
   
3. Select the File Types tab
   
4. Select Extension: (NONE), File Type: URL:HyperText Transfer Protocol
   
5. Click Advanced toward the bottom of the window
   
6. In the Edit File Type window, select open and click Edit
   
7. Clear the check for DDE above the DDE message box (which should contain "%1" or similar)
   
8. Click OK, Click OK

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