You could try this: go into your junk rule in preferences and change where it sends junk mail.... maybe make a folder called "my junk"... then point the mail to go there. You might also discover that its just deleting the junk mail instead of moving it. On May 24, 2004, at 11:00 AM, John wrote: > OK, I figured out one (horrible) way to do it: > > click and drag the problem junk folder from mail to the desktop. This > will put a "Junk" folder on the desktop. > > A pain, but it lets me read my messages I missed. > > Is there a way I can fix my junk folders? there doesn't seem to be a > rebuild option for them. > > Thanks! > >> This is sort of urgent... >> >> A week ago I noticed mail was bolding the various email accounts >> listed in the Junk mailbox, listing a number in parenthesis. It >> looked like I had a new message in my junk mailbox - but when I went >> to look, no messages appeared. I just assumed this was a fluke, but >> today, I was about to read a message, and it was marked as junk and >> disappeared form my inbox. >> >> However, I cannot find that email in the Junk mailbox! I checked my >> user/Library/mail folder, but there is no .mbox for that account