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Mac Forum / Applications / Mac Applications / July 2008
OK, I did something dumb. I deleted the account mailboxes in my Inbox (don't ask). Any suggestions for restoring them short of opening new accounts duplicating the old ones? TIA In article <95064854-ab0b-48eb-bec3-f246dfa8739d@z66g2000hsc.googlegroups.com>, > OK, I did something dumb. > I deleted the account mailboxes in my Inbox (don't ask). > Any suggestions for restoring them short of opening new accounts > duplicating the old ones? > TIA 'Fraid you'll have to restore them from your backups. They're gone, baby, gone. [if you don't have backups, I bet you start looking into setting them now]  SignatureDeeDee, don't press that button! DeeDee! NO! Dee... [I filter all Goggle Groups posts, so any reply may be automatically by ignored] > In article > <95064854-ab0b-48eb-bec3-f246dfa87...@z66g2000hsc.googlegroups.com>, [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > DeeDee, don't press that button! DeeDee! NO! Dee... > [I filter all Goggle Groups posts, so any reply may be automatically by ignored] That's another possibility if all else fails.... I'd have to restore more than just those mailboxes, 'tho, probably the whole Library file for Mail. I've got a temporary workaround: I set up a Rule (filter) at the end of the Rule sequence that puts all mail that hasn't been picked up by another Rule into a mailbox named 'NEW'; effectively bypassing the Inbox. Works so far. In article <131cee2f-77fd-42a5-92b3-2b6815f33793@p25g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>, > > In article > > <95064854-ab0b-48eb-bec3-f246dfa87...@z66g2000hsc.googlegroups.com>, [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > 'NEW'; effectively bypassing the Inbox. > Works so far. That won't "restore" the emails that were stored in the Inbox that got wiped. If you had your account setup to copy and delete the email from the remote server, it's gone unless you have backups. In the off chance you had Apple Mail setup to delete the files weekly or daily, then they may still be there. But, I've heard that Apple Mail will do something stupid like delete all the emails if you delete the mailbox. It's a common gotcha that lots of people have been bitten by over the years. So, yes, you can do the rule thing but it won't get the stuff in Inbox back. SignatureDeeDee, don't press that button! DeeDee! NO! Dee... [I filter all Goggle Groups posts, so any reply may be automatically by ignored] > In article > <131cee2f-77fd-42a5-92b3-2b6815f33...@p25g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>, [quoted text clipped - 43 lines] > So, yes, you can do the rule thing but it won't get the stuff in Inbox > back. Problem is not stuff in the Inbox -- 1. I don't leave stuff in there. 2. I can access mail in the account folder (that would have gone to the Inbox) by going directly to ~Library/Mail. In fact, I've aliased that folder to my desktop so I can doublecheck. What seems to happen is that mail goes into a folder (that used to be a mailbox) in the Inbox but can't be accessed from Mail, only by going directly to the Library folder. And no, I'm too cautious to automatically delete files from the server; every week or two I go into my ISP's Web front end and delete Trash from there. BTW -- I'm running OS X 10.4.11 -- Mail may play different games in different versions if anyone else is reading this. |
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