Mail: Folder "recovered mails", but empty

Hello pat99,

It sounds like you're seeing a "Recovered Mail" folder, but that folder is empty. If your Mac was trying to recover your messages, but was unable to perform that task, that might explain why the folder is empty.

This information might help:

If an email account in the Mail app  on your Mac has a Recovered Messages mailbox in the Mail sidebar, try these suggestions:

• If Mail moved messages to the Recovered Messages mailbox when it updated your email library after a macOS upgrade, drag the messages into another mailbox.

• If messages from a specific mailbox are repeatedly moved to the Recovered Messages mailbox, rebuild that specific mailbox.

If messages are in a Recovered Messages mailbox in Mail on Mac

Take care.

pat99,

We recommend that you check if the issue persists while on safe mode. Below is an article to help guide you through the process.

How to use safe mode on your Mac

Take care!