# My email is hiding...  help me!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-email-is-hiding-help-me/8449>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 11, 2000, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-email-is-hiding-help-me/8449 "2000-03-11T21:40:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Sassy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@Sassy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sassy)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2000, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-email-is-hiding-help-me/8449/1 "2000-03-11T21:40:00Z")

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I am at my wits end here. The fact that I did it to myself doesn’t make it any easier!

It started like this… I somehow disabled a dll file which meant that most java wasn’t working on my computer. This was a problem, because I like to use Dialpad to save $$ and it requires javascript. So, I thought I would use the rescue disk that came with the computer (my machine came with most stuff installed.) That went find, but I then found that I couldn’t reach my email.

I had installed Outlook on my machine because I like it better than express. I thought “fine - I will install it again.” (Remember, this all seemed sensible at the time.) I did, but then Outlook opened empty. Where is all my stuff?

I swear I didn’t delete anything, but I can’t reach my email, calendar or contacts. Does anyone have a suggestion?

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**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2000, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-email-is-hiding-help-me/8449/2 "2000-03-12T01:04:00Z")

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You may have to specify the mail server. Look in the Control Panel under “mail and fax”.

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**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2000, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-email-is-hiding-help-me/8449/3 "2000-03-12T01:06:00Z")

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Sassy,  
You will likely have to set up Outlook again for your e-mail service. If you are using something like Earthlink (or some other ISP that provides e-mail) call their tech support and explain exactly what the situation is. They should be able to direct you to getting it to work 🙂  
Zette

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**Author:** ![Sassy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@Sassy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sassy)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2000, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-email-is-hiding-help-me/8449/4 "2000-03-12T03:44:00Z")

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Thank you! I tried it and everything works… I am so pleased!!

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**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2000, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-email-is-hiding-help-me/8449/5 "2000-03-12T08:29:00Z")

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By the way - Java and Javascript are two separate things. They are not related.

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