When I move an email message to the trash it disappears from there in about 24 hours and I can't find it again, how can I stop the trash messages from disappearing please?

When I move an email message to the trash it disappears from there in about 24 hours and I can't find it again, how can I stop the trash messages from disappearing please?

MacBook Pro 15", 10.13

Posted on Feb 11, 2019 9:58 PM

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Posted on Feb 11, 2019 11:15 PM

Open Mail, click on Preferences from Mail in the menubar, click on Accounts. For each account you have select Mailbox Behaviours, now look at the Trash section and select from the drop down how long you want deleted items stay in the Trash.


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When I move an email message to the trash it disappears from there in about 24 hours and I can't find it again, how can I stop the trash messages from disappearing please?

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