Gerald, I don't know of any automatic deleting from folders in OE, except that you can choose to empty your deleted items automatically. Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: Gerald Levy To: JFW list Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 07:49 Subject: Saving Messages In OE Hi listers. What is the maximum number of messages that can be safely saved in a user-defined Outlook Express folder? The reason I am asking this question is that I just noticed that some of the earliest messages in my largest user-defined OE folders have inexplicably disappeared. Are messages automatically deleted from a folder if it has grown too large? Or are messages deleted after they have been saved for a certain period of time? Could the Compact All Folders function possibly delete the oldest messages from some folders? Or am I way off base? Thanks for any explanation. Gerald