When Eudora asked you if it should "rebuild" it meant the table of contents since the text files which are the messages are just downloaded as text files and the program uses routines to determine header, body, etc. of the messages. So, if you do have the in.mbx file(s) including the other *.mbx files with numbers e.g. in001.mbx and in002.mbx (which are backups of earlier ones) then the *.toc files will be created again if they aren't there or, if damaged, Eudora will prompt you. If you weren't prompted, it means, most likely, what you got, is what you're going to have as an end result since the *.toc files just help the program to determine what to display. Curtis Delzer On Fri, 07 Oct 2005 21:48:06 -0700, Larry Gassman wrote: Sorry, but your anser doesn't answer my question. I mentioned that I knew that my in box was lost, because I unintensionally said no, when Eudora asked me if I wanted to rebuild my inbox. I didn't mean to do that, but I did. So, that being said, I wonder if there is any way to retrieve what was damaged? I got most of it back by viewing the in box in word. So it existed there. Now, I would like to see if I can get it back in my in box. Erasing all table of contents files did not work. Thanks. Larry At 10:54 AM 10-7-2005, you wrote: >Just delete all of the in.toc files, including the backup ones and >Eudora will recreate them and all of the messages that are in the >in.mbx file should be there. >Curtis Delzer >On Thu, 06 Oct 2005 20:44:48 -0700, Larry Gassman wrote: > Hi, >I had a problem with my PC and had to shut it down. When I gto back >to Eudora, It asked me if I wanted to rebuild the in box. I said >yes, I think. I was under the impression that I was centered on >that rebuild button. Unfortunately, it did not rebuild the in box >and I lost all of themessages inside. >I imported the in boxes, (there were 3 of them) in to word, but >didn't see the latest messages, but many of the earlier ones. >Is there a way to import an older in box to my current in box in Eudora? >I still can't find many of the newer messages. >Larry >Running latest version of JAWS and Eudora. >7.0 and 6. whatever it is. >List web page: //www.freelists.org/webpage/blindeudora >Send all list problems or inquires to: blingeudora@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >to un subscribe: >blindeudora-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject > field >List web page: //www.freelists.org/webpage/blindeudora >Send all list problems or inquires to: blingeudora@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >to un subscribe: >blindeudora-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject > field List web page: //www.freelists.org/webpage/blindeudora Send all list problems or inquires to: blingeudora@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx to un subscribe: blindeudora-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field List web page: //www.freelists.org/webpage/blindeudora Send all list problems or inquires to: blingeudora@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx to un subscribe: blindeudora-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field