Re: [Evolution] Fwd: Mail in Evolution disappearing - mystery deepens

[dave boland <dboland9 fastmail fm>]

Oh my!!  I just used Web Mail and see that my ISP has been purging the
emails, but they are going to try to get them back.

I was always under the impression that the full email was downloaded to
my computer, but it looks like that is not the case currently.  So I
could benefit from some education on what is really happening, and how
to make sure I have the e-mails like I used to have.  Perhaps this is a
setting in Evolution - I don't know at this point because I'm not sure
what to look for.  Your help is appreciated.

Dave,



On Wed, Dec 2, 2015, at 12:14 PM, Pete Biggs wrote:
> > The emails are located in a number of locations, but some are in my
> > inbox of an old account no longer used, most are in Sent.  The search
> > reveals that nothing in my current Inbox os older than early September. 
>
> Can you access your mail on the server using some other method - such
> as webmail? Are the messages on the server?
>
> > It looks like they have been automatically purged.  Not good!
> Purging usually refers to deleted messages - are the messages you are
> looking for marked as deleted?  (I have had users who use "delete" to
> mean "I've seen and dealt with that" - confused me greatly and they got
> stressed when their "deleted" messages were purged.)
>
> All I can say is that under normal circumstances Evolution appears to
> take great care of your messages.  Certainly I've never known it to
> delete things without asking first.
>
> P.
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