Thanks
fobotsco,
That's worked a treat. I've got all the mails in question back where they belong, thank goodness.
I'm not sure though, that I fully understand the bit about the pop3 files and log files though.
If I'm only re-instating one folder, does it make any difference if it
knows what files I already have, as I don't have the files in question anyway.
Perhaps what you are saying is that if I am restoring say the whole of outlook express from 3 months ago (not just one folder), if I copy Folders.dbx, pop3iudl.dbx and pop3.log, these files from 3 months ago will stop it importing a second version of any e-mails that have not been deleted since the backup was done? Have I got this right?
The other thing that confuses me a bit is that in C
WINDOWS\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer, there are other .dbx files with names of folders that I have deleted or moved/copied to other folders ages ago. What is their purpose? I have deleted them (but only to the recycle bin, just in case), and it hasn't affected any of the current stock of mails that I want to keep. So why were they there and should I really be keeping them? Some were quite large, having been an entire folder at some time with lots of attachments in it (70mb or so).
And finally, I haven't asked a question in here for nearly a year, but it's always you with the answer.
Thank you.