Does Outlook express have a max space limit?

Last week my computer locked up so after almost an hour, I pressed the power
button and the computer turned off. The next time I logged on, all of the
emails in my inbox prior to the locked up date were gone.
There is no archive folder. All new emails are normal.
Two of my own folders were gone, not empty but gone.


Here is the twist....my sent folder is in tact with all the sent emails
since I started in December.
Does anyone know if this info is gone for good or is there some secret way
of retrieving them?


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Thanks,
Rita Moniodes