All of my email is stored locally on my computer. I'm not talking about recent emails... I'm talking about thousands of messages, all sorted, tech support, information archives, etc. I have web access through my own domain but there's no mail stored there, just holds it until I transfer it to my local machine with a send/receive. Otherwise my domain server would clog up pretty quickly... don't forget I often get large files as attachments... graphic files from work... which need to be stored.

Well it is all back now so I can breathe easier.

Thanks Mellors and everyone for the suggestions and the hand holding...