Inbox is empty

Trying to setup another email client when I went back to Windows live Mail,
my inbox was empty? Is there a way to recover the deleted emails?

Thanks,
Bryon

You only have one account in WLMail?
Is it a pop3 account?
(Alt) View, Show or hide, is Show all messages selected?
--
Ron Sommer
MS MVP-Mail

"bryont" <> wrote in message
news:B168A2A3-3162-41EB-B4A3-...
> Trying to setup another email client when I went back to Windows live
> Mail,
> my inbox was empty? Is there a way to recover the deleted emails?
>
> Thanks,
> Bryon

I have the same problem!! even though my email account is not from MSN, i use
Windows Live Mail to administer it and keep all the emails i receive on my
computer. suddently, all except for 5 of my emails are gone! why did this
happened?? i cannot go to back the website to download all the messages again
cause the server is updated very often and automatically deletes old emails,
which shouldnt happen in Windows Live Mail since it stores all emails, right?
my account is IMAP Please help!!!
Thanks a lot

"Ron Sommer" wrote:

> You only have one account in WLMail?
> Is it a pop3 account?
> (Alt) View, Show or hide, is Show all messages selected?
> --
> Ron Sommer
> MS MVP-Mail
>
> "bryont" <> wrote in message
> news:B168A2A3-3162-41EB-B4A3-...
> > Trying to setup another email client when I went back to Windows live
> > Mail,
> > my inbox was empty? Is there a way to recover the deleted emails?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Bryon
>
> .
>

Unlike POP accounts, IMAP accounts keep the master copy of
each email on the server. The copy on the server is deleted
*only* when the copy on your computer is deleted. That's what
synchronization is all about.

--
Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/def...le/vandermolen


"whowhowho" <> wrote in message news:EEB16BFF-3D99-425C-9579-...
>I have the same problem!! even though my email account is not from MSN, i use
> Windows Live Mail to administer it and keep all the emails i receive on my
> computer. suddently, all except for 5 of my emails are gone! why did this
> happened?? i cannot go to back the website to download all the messages again
> cause the server is updated very often and automatically deletes old emails,
> which shouldnt happen in Windows Live Mail since it stores all emails, right?
> my account is IMAP Please help!!!
> Thanks a lot
>
> "Ron Sommer" wrote:
>
>> You only have one account in WLMail?
>> Is it a pop3 account?
>> (Alt) View, Show or hide, is Show all messages selected?
>> --
>> Ron Sommer
>> MS MVP-Mail
>>
>> "bryont" <> wrote in message
>> news:B168A2A3-3162-41EB-B4A3-...
>> > Trying to setup another email client when I went back to Windows live
>> > Mail,
>> > my inbox was empty? Is there a way to recover the deleted emails?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Bryon
>>
>> .
>>

With IMAP, your mail client (WLM) mirrors the server. Anything you do
on one happens on the other. If you delete a message on the server, the
WLM will delete the message next time it connects. If you delete a
message in WLM, it will be deleted on the server next time it connects.
If multiple mail programs/PCs share a single IMAP account, Anything
done on any one of them will eventually get reflected on the others.

If you just want to keep messages in WLM, you need to move the messages
from the IMAP folders into Storage Folders.

Or if the mail service offers POP3 access, use that instead.

I don't quit understand your comment
"cause the server is updated very often and automatically deletes old
emails"
IMAP servers are intended to keep messages forever.

--

Mike - http://TechHelp.Santovec.us



"whowhowho" <> wrote in message
news:EEB16BFF-3D99-425C-9579-...
> I have the same problem!! even though my email account is not from
> MSN, i use
> Windows Live Mail to administer it and keep all the emails i receive
> on my
> computer. suddently, all except for 5 of my emails are gone! why did
> this
> happened?? i cannot go to back the website to download all the
> messages again
> cause the server is updated very often and automatically deletes old
> emails,
> which shouldnt happen in Windows Live Mail since it stores all emails,
> right?
> my account is IMAP Please help!!!
> Thanks a lot
>
> "Ron Sommer" wrote:
>
>> You only have one account in WLMail?
>> Is it a pop3 account?
>> (Alt) View, Show or hide, is Show all messages selected?
>> --
>> Ron Sommer
>> MS MVP-Mail
>>
>> "bryont" <> wrote in message
>> news:B168A2A3-3162-41EB-B4A3-...
>> > Trying to setup another email client when I went back to Windows
>> > live
>> > Mail,
>> > my inbox was empty? Is there a way to recover the deleted emails?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Bryon
>>
>> .
>>

Hi Gary,

Thanks a lot for your email. when you mention "The copy on the server is
deleted
*only* when the copy on your computer is deleted", i guess you mean that i
deleted those emails accidentally? i am pretty sure that did not happpen, but
if it did, is there any way to get all my deleted emails back?. i know though
that the server deletes old emails to save space, but so far they were not
deleted in my Windows Live Mail (WLM), so i didnt worry about deleted emails
in the server. Today i found an option in WLM for this email account
regarding sinchronization settings. how can i configure it so i receive
messages but they are not deleted when the server does? Again, Thank you very
much


"Gary VanderMolen (MS MVP)" wrote:

> Unlike POP accounts, IMAP accounts keep the master copy of
> each email on the server. The copy on the server is deleted
> *only* when the copy on your computer is deleted. That's what
> synchronization is all about.
>
> --
> Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/def...le/vandermolen
>
>
> "whowhowho" <> wrote in message news:EEB16BFF-3D99-425C-9579-...
> >I have the same problem!! even though my email account is not from MSN, i use
> > Windows Live Mail to administer it and keep all the emails i receive on my
> > computer. suddently, all except for 5 of my emails are gone! why did this
> > happened?? i cannot go to back the website to download all the messages again
> > cause the server is updated very often and automatically deletes old emails,
> > which shouldnt happen in Windows Live Mail since it stores all emails, right?
> > my account is IMAP Please help!!!
> > Thanks a lot
> >
> > "Ron Sommer" wrote:
> >
> >> You only have one account in WLMail?
> >> Is it a pop3 account?
> >> (Alt) View, Show or hide, is Show all messages selected?
> >> --
> >> Ron Sommer
> >> MS MVP-Mail
> >>
> >> "bryont" <> wrote in message
> >> news:B168A2A3-3162-41EB-B4A3-...
> >> > Trying to setup another email client when I went back to Windows live
> >> > Mail,
> >> > my inbox was empty? Is there a way to recover the deleted emails?
> >> >
> >> > Thanks,
> >> > Bryon
> >>
> >> .
> >>
> .
>

You are confusing IMAP and POP account behavior.
It sounds to me like you don't really have an IMAP account because
you said that deleting emails on the server did not affect those
emails in your Windows Live Mail (at least not for a long time).
Had that been an IMAP account, deleting an email from the server
would delete it from the corresponding mailbox in your WLM in
a matter of a few seconds or minutes.

Messages on the server don't just delete themselves.

--
Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/def...le/vandermolen


"whowhowho" <> wrote in message news:665DB611-A601-497D-9FC2-...
> Hi Gary,
>
> Thanks a lot for your email. when you mention "The copy on the server is
> deleted
> *only* when the copy on your computer is deleted", i guess you mean that i
> deleted those emails accidentally? i am pretty sure that did not happpen, but
> if it did, is there any way to get all my deleted emails back?. i know though
> that the server deletes old emails to save space, but so far they were not
> deleted in my Windows Live Mail (WLM), so i didnt worry about deleted emails
> in the server. Today i found an option in WLM for this email account
> regarding sinchronization settings. how can i configure it so i receive
> messages but they are not deleted when the server does? Again, Thank you very
> much
>
>
> "Gary VanderMolen (MS MVP)" wrote:
>
>> Unlike POP accounts, IMAP accounts keep the master copy of
>> each email on the server. The copy on the server is deleted
>> *only* when the copy on your computer is deleted. That's what
>> synchronization is all about.
>>
>> --
>> Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/def...le/vandermolen
>>
>>
>> "whowhowho" <> wrote in message news:EEB16BFF-3D99-425C-9579-...
>> >I have the same problem!! even though my email account is not from MSN, i use
>> > Windows Live Mail to administer it and keep all the emails i receive on my
>> > computer. suddently, all except for 5 of my emails are gone! why did this
>> > happened?? i cannot go to back the website to download all the messages again
>> > cause the server is updated very often and automatically deletes old emails,
>> > which shouldnt happen in Windows Live Mail since it stores all emails, right?
>> > my account is IMAP Please help!!!
>> > Thanks a lot
>> >
>> > "Ron Sommer" wrote:
>> >
>> >> You only have one account in WLMail?
>> >> Is it a pop3 account?
>> >> (Alt) View, Show or hide, is Show all messages selected?
>> >> --
>> >> Ron Sommer
>> >> MS MVP-Mail
>> >>
>> >> "bryont" <> wrote in message
>> >> news:B168A2A3-3162-41EB-B4A3-...
>> >> > Trying to setup another email client when I went back to Windows live
>> >> > Mail,
>> >> > my inbox was empty? Is there a way to recover the deleted emails?
>> >> >
>> >> > Thanks,
>> >> > Bryon
>> >>
>> >> .
>> >>
>> .
>>

Hi Michael,

Thank you very much for your mail. according to the properties of my
account, it is an IMAP, but the emails used to remain stored in WML even if
the originals were deleted in the server. maybe there is something i missed
( i am not so good in computers). anyhow, is there anyway to keep them in my
inbox even if they are deleted in the server other than moving them to the
storage folder? because otherwise i guess i would need to do this very often
right? and do you think if there is any way to get my email deleted from WLM
back? thank you very much again

"Michael Santovec" wrote:

> With IMAP, your mail client (WLM) mirrors the server. Anything you do
> on one happens on the other. If you delete a message on the server, the
> WLM will delete the message next time it connects. If you delete a
> message in WLM, it will be deleted on the server next time it connects.
> If multiple mail programs/PCs share a single IMAP account, Anything
> done on any one of them will eventually get reflected on the others.
>
> If you just want to keep messages in WLM, you need to move the messages
> from the IMAP folders into Storage Folders.
>
> Or if the mail service offers POP3 access, use that instead.
>
> I don't quit understand your comment
> "cause the server is updated very often and automatically deletes old
> emails"
> IMAP servers are intended to keep messages forever.
>
> --
>
> Mike - http://TechHelp.Santovec.us
>
>
>
> "whowhowho" <> wrote in message
> news:EEB16BFF-3D99-425C-9579-...
> > I have the same problem!! even though my email account is not from
> > MSN, i use
> > Windows Live Mail to administer it and keep all the emails i receive
> > on my
> > computer. suddently, all except for 5 of my emails are gone! why did
> > this
> > happened?? i cannot go to back the website to download all the
> > messages again
> > cause the server is updated very often and automatically deletes old
> > emails,
> > which shouldnt happen in Windows Live Mail since it stores all emails,
> > right?
> > my account is IMAP Please help!!!
> > Thanks a lot
> >
> > "Ron Sommer" wrote:
> >
> >> You only have one account in WLMail?
> >> Is it a pop3 account?
> >> (Alt) View, Show or hide, is Show all messages selected?
> >> --
> >> Ron Sommer
> >> MS MVP-Mail
> >>
> >> "bryont" <> wrote in message
> >> news:B168A2A3-3162-41EB-B4A3-...
> >> > Trying to setup another email client when I went back to Windows
> >> > live
> >> > Mail,
> >> > my inbox was empty? Is there a way to recover the deleted emails?
> >> >
> >> > Thanks,
> >> > Bryon
> >>
> >> .
> >>
>
> .
>

Thank you very much for your fast reply. when i check the properties of the
email account, i can see that the incoming server is IMAP, plus there is a
tab in the account properties window named as IMAP. Maybe the server for this
email account was not updated for a while for unknown reasons and that is why
my emails where not deleted in WLM? assuming that i have a IMAP account, can
you please let me know what to do in order not to lose my emails again
without having to change them to storage folders? and do you think i can get
back those deleted emails? (please excuse my lack of clarity, but my computer
knowledge is pretty rusty). Thanks a lot again



"Gary VanderMolen (MS MVP)" wrote:

> You are confusing IMAP and POP account behavior.
> It sounds to me like you don't really have an IMAP account because
> you said that deleting emails on the server did not affect those
> emails in your Windows Live Mail (at least not for a long time).
> Had that been an IMAP account, deleting an email from the server
> would delete it from the corresponding mailbox in your WLM in
> a matter of a few seconds or minutes.
>
> Messages on the server don't just delete themselves.
>
> --
> Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/def...le/vandermolen
>
>
> "whowhowho" <> wrote in message news:665DB611-A601-497D-9FC2-...
> > Hi Gary,
> >
> > Thanks a lot for your email. when you mention "The copy on the server is
> > deleted
> > *only* when the copy on your computer is deleted", i guess you mean that i
> > deleted those emails accidentally? i am pretty sure that did not happpen, but
> > if it did, is there any way to get all my deleted emails back?. i know though
> > that the server deletes old emails to save space, but so far they were not
> > deleted in my Windows Live Mail (WLM), so i didnt worry about deleted emails
> > in the server. Today i found an option in WLM for this email account
> > regarding sinchronization settings. how can i configure it so i receive
> > messages but they are not deleted when the server does? Again, Thank you very
> > much
> >
> >
> > "Gary VanderMolen (MS MVP)" wrote:
> >
> >> Unlike POP accounts, IMAP accounts keep the master copy of
> >> each email on the server. The copy on the server is deleted
> >> *only* when the copy on your computer is deleted. That's what
> >> synchronization is all about.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
> >> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/def...le/vandermolen
> >>
> >>
> >> "whowhowho" <> wrote in message news:EEB16BFF-3D99-425C-9579-...
> >> >I have the same problem!! even though my email account is not from MSN, i use
> >> > Windows Live Mail to administer it and keep all the emails i receive on my
> >> > computer. suddently, all except for 5 of my emails are gone! why did this
> >> > happened?? i cannot go to back the website to download all the messages again
> >> > cause the server is updated very often and automatically deletes old emails,
> >> > which shouldnt happen in Windows Live Mail since it stores all emails, right?
> >> > my account is IMAP Please help!!!
> >> > Thanks a lot
> >> >
> >> > "Ron Sommer" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> You only have one account in WLMail?
> >> >> Is it a pop3 account?
> >> >> (Alt) View, Show or hide, is Show all messages selected?
> >> >> --
> >> >> Ron Sommer
> >> >> MS MVP-Mail
> >> >>
> >> >> "bryont" <> wrote in message
> >> >> news:B168A2A3-3162-41EB-B4A3-...
> >> >> > Trying to setup another email client when I went back to Windows live
> >> >> > Mail,
> >> >> > my inbox was empty? Is there a way to recover the deleted emails?
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Thanks,
> >> >> > Bryon
> >> >>
> >> >> .
> >> >>
> >> .
> >>
> .
>

Theoretically, IMAP emails in Windows Live Mail will not delete
unless:
(a) You delete them from Windows Live Mail yourself, or
(b) You delete them from the server.

As for getting back the missing ones, do a search on your computer
for ".eml" files.

--
Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/def...le/vandermolen


"whowhowho" <> wrote in message news:AE737E14-9339-4E04-97D2-...
>
> Thank you very much for your fast reply. when i check the properties of the
> email account, i can see that the incoming server is IMAP, plus there is a
> tab in the account properties window named as IMAP. Maybe the server for this
> email account was not updated for a while for unknown reasons and that is why
> my emails where not deleted in WLM? assuming that i have a IMAP account, can
> you please let me know what to do in order not to lose my emails again
> without having to change them to storage folders? and do you think i can get
> back those deleted emails? (please excuse my lack of clarity, but my computer
> knowledge is pretty rusty). Thanks a lot again
>
>
>
> "Gary VanderMolen (MS MVP)" wrote:
>
>> You are confusing IMAP and POP account behavior.
>> It sounds to me like you don't really have an IMAP account because
>> you said that deleting emails on the server did not affect those
>> emails in your Windows Live Mail (at least not for a long time).
>> Had that been an IMAP account, deleting an email from the server
>> would delete it from the corresponding mailbox in your WLM in
>> a matter of a few seconds or minutes.
>>
>> Messages on the server don't just delete themselves.
>>
>> --
>> Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/def...le/vandermolen
>>
>>
>> "whowhowho" <> wrote in message news:665DB611-A601-497D-9FC2-...
>> > Hi Gary,
>> >
>> > Thanks a lot for your email. when you mention "The copy on the server is
>> > deleted
>> > *only* when the copy on your computer is deleted", i guess you mean that i
>> > deleted those emails accidentally? i am pretty sure that did not happpen, but
>> > if it did, is there any way to get all my deleted emails back?. i know though
>> > that the server deletes old emails to save space, but so far they were not
>> > deleted in my Windows Live Mail (WLM), so i didnt worry about deleted emails
>> > in the server. Today i found an option in WLM for this email account
>> > regarding sinchronization settings. how can i configure it so i receive
>> > messages but they are not deleted when the server does? Again, Thank you very
>> > much
>> >
>> >
>> > "Gary VanderMolen (MS MVP)" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Unlike POP accounts, IMAP accounts keep the master copy of
>> >> each email on the server. The copy on the server is deleted
>> >> *only* when the copy on your computer is deleted. That's what
>> >> synchronization is all about.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
>> >> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/def...le/vandermolen
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "whowhowho" <> wrote in message news:EEB16BFF-3D99-425C-9579-...
>> >> >I have the same problem!! even though my email account is not from MSN, i use
>> >> > Windows Live Mail to administer it and keep all the emails i receive on my
>> >> > computer. suddently, all except for 5 of my emails are gone! why did this
>> >> > happened?? i cannot go to back the website to download all the messages again
>> >> > cause the server is updated very often and automatically deletes old emails,
>> >> > which shouldnt happen in Windows Live Mail since it stores all emails, right?
>> >> > my account is IMAP Please help!!!
>> >> > Thanks a lot
>> >> >
>> >> > "Ron Sommer" wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> You only have one account in WLMail?
>> >> >> Is it a pop3 account?
>> >> >> (Alt) View, Show or hide, is Show all messages selected?
>> >> >> --
>> >> >> Ron Sommer
>> >> >> MS MVP-Mail
>> >> >>
>> >> >> "bryont" <> wrote in message
>> >> >> news:B168A2A3-3162-41EB-B4A3-...
>> >> >> > Trying to setup another email client when I went back to Windows live
>> >> >> > Mail,
>> >> >> > my inbox was empty? Is there a way to recover the deleted emails?
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Thanks,
>> >> >> > Bryon
>> >> >>
>> >> >> .
>> >> >>
>> >> .
>> >>
>> .
>>