[X-Newbies] The Mystery of Missing Email Messages

W Lane wilann at telusplanet.net
Wed Oct 6 19:36:57 PDT 2004


It's quite possible that she missed the mailbox/folder that she thought 
she was dropping them in and instead they ended up somewhere else. IF 
she has not done anything else in terms of moving things about she can 
'Undo' the move. If she has done things since then, do a search in All 
mailboxes for content that she knows is in one of the messages and see 
where it shows up.

On Oct 6, 2004, at 14:58, Richard Bienvenu wrote:

> A whole slew of messages that she thought she'd moved to a new folder 
> (or mailbox in Eudoraspeak) simply disappeared. She selected 'em all 
> and dragged them to the new mailbox of "Family and Friends," but now 
> they're gone. A whole year's worth. Which in itself is 
> interesting--why did all the messages from 2003 simply disappear. The 
> new mailbox is empty and, while I didn't watch what she was doing, I 
> doubt very much that she put them in the trash and then emptied the 
> trash.




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