the email I had for years hs been hacked, It how says it is not valid. there were all my eamil addresses and important folders in it Thanks Sue

So how do you connect to your email: Exchange, hosted IMAP or POP? What client do you use? Do you have any backups?Tim Harrington - Catapult Systems - http://HowDoUC.blogspot.com

Hi Sue, From your description, I understand that your email has been hacked and you cannot see the email from your client. Please correct me if I misunderstood the problem. Before we go further I want to clarify the following information: 1. Are you using Exchange Server, what is the version of your Exchange Server. 2. If you are using Exchange Server, what is client you used to connect the Exchange Server? 3. Do you have any backups? Some ways can help you on this issue: If you are using Outlook and Exchange Server, (the email is hard deleted from your Outlook) you can refer to this document: How can I recover items that I have "hard deleted" in Outlook? http://support.microsoft.com/kb/246153 If you have .pst file for backing up, you can import the pst file to Outlook. If you have backup for the Exchange Server, you can follow these steps to find the email: Using ExMerge to recover a Single Mailbox or Mailbox Item http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/ExMerge-Recover-Mailbox.html If anything is unclear, please feel free to let me know. Best Regards, EvanPlease remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.