Dear List, I have often received the prompt that I could compact my files to create more space, adn I assumed this meant they could be made smaller and could be restored if I needed to access them in the future. Today I agreed to compacting files and 2,00 of them were deleted from my inbox. They were the most current and had not been cataloged. I asked the technology service providerand he said that compacting meant exactly that, Compacting as in trash compactor. If these files are indeed gone I'll accept it, but I'd like to be certain. How would I access them again? A friennd suggested that they were .dbx files, but when I using that file extension in the "search" the files I found were all music files. Does anyone know: Does this mean they are gone? I'm also told we can store up to two gigabytes on our computer in email program. Thanks verymuch for any assistance or information. Patty