Mail disappeared at all

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Mail disappeared at all

My mail account has disappeared at all. Everything was working fine, but suddenly the system stop working and asks for a restart.
After restarting and clicking on Mail, it asks me to set up a mailbox, as if for the first time.
Anybody could help? Thanks....

Macbook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.2)

Posted on Jul 7, 2010 8:03 AM

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Answer 1

DaleSpy

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Aug 24, 2010 10:58 AM in response to Marcelo Americano

Hi Marcelo,

I've just experienced the same problem. Mail account has disappeared. When Mail is launched, the "Set up new account" window opens.

Did you have any luck? I don't want to lose the previously existing "Inbox".

Dale

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Answer 2

Sep 3, 2010 12:10 PM in response to DaleSpy

Same thing has happened to me. Turns out the Info.plist file (User/Library/Mail/POPaccount/Info.plist) just disappeared for seeming no reason. I replaced it from my backup drive and it worked again. Then, after a Time Machine backup, the files in the Messages folder (in my POP account folder) disappeared too. In Mail, the headers are still there, but the content of the messages is gone. Could this be a virus?

(BTW, I'm surprised no else has responded to this thread. Doesn't anyone at Apple read these? Or de we have drag our desktops into the Apple Store for a "genius" to look at them?)

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