[HiTech RedNeck]

One thing. GET OFF THE COMPUTER NOW AND USE ANOTHER ONE. Or at least take the hard disk out, put in another one, and reload your system. If your email is lurking in some freed cluster on the disk, it's only a matter of time until it gets reused by some other file, if it hasn't already.

[theEnemywithin]

As a last resort you can get a freeware program called Disc Investigator. It will let you search your hard drive for deleted files and restore those files. You can get the program at www.theabsolute.net/sware/ I have used it a couple times. Good luck!