All my folders of saved emails have suddenly disappeared from Mail, where will they be and can I get them back? MacBook Air OSX 10.9.5 Mail

All my folders of saved emails have suddenly disappeared from Mail, where will they be and can I get them back? MacBook Air OSX 10.9.5 Mail

MacBook Air (13-inch Mid 2013), iOS 10, 10.9.5

Posted on Sep 13, 2016 5:30 PM

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Sep 14, 2016 6:10 PM in response to SimplySusan

You posted this to the Mac OS X 10.3 or earlier forum, which is 13 years old. I've asked a moderator move this to the correct forum for your operating system.


Mac OS X Mail stores its folders either on the Server hosting your e-mail receiving or sending, or on your Mac, and is very particular about it in the settings of the Mail application itself. If you stored them on your Mac, they are stored in your Users -> yourname -> Library -> Mail and Mail Downloads folders.


Some services like Gmail which allow you access to the e-mail via a web browser always store them on the server, unless you enable POP.

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All my folders of saved emails have suddenly disappeared from Mail, where will they be and can I get them back? MacBook Air OSX 10.9.5 Mail

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