Thanks for the reply. I will try your advice next and see what I come up with. I am 100% sure that 3 gigs is accurate for my inbox (and it's sub folders). I have had this computer for 4 years and get a large volume of e-mail with attachments. I own a small business and get merchandise listings with pics a lot. I also save EVERYTHING I get from everyone. The ML folder I had set up had about 8,000 e-mails in it. I am pretty sure everything was erased...
But I will cross my fingers and pray for the best.