Main INBOX disappeared

No idea how it happened. My main INBOX inside 'on my Mac' has disappeared. Gone. Nowhere to be found. I have rebuilt the database thinking it will be found, but it has not. So now emails that follow rules and get channelled to various mailboxes I created get there, but I haven main INBOX where all emails fall into.

Can anyone help? Anybody else had this experience?

thank you

iMac 21.5″, macOS 11.4

Posted on Jun 24, 2021 4:55 AM

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Jun 24, 2021 4:57 AM in response to ClaudiaNielsen

Sorry - a typo - I have NO main INBOX where all emails fall into.

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