Weird lost email problem - email downloaded from ISP, but not foun

I noticed today that I wasn't getting any email. So I sent myself a test
email (from a yahoo account), hit send/receive, got the usual box saying
"receiving 1 of 1", it looked like it was downloading (but no green bar) and
then no email. I checked all the folders, and it's not here. I also
searched the entire computer, and none of the email sent to me in the last 12
hours is here. I (eventually) rebooted, and windows mail is now again
receiving email as usual. My ISP confirms that my email was downloaded off
their server, but there's no sign of it here.

I know of at least one important email that was sent and did not download.
Any thoughts on what may have happened and whether there's any way to recover
my lost bits? (My ISP has promised to restore any email that was on their
server at midnight, but anything since then is gone.)

Sounds like a classic case AntiVirus scanner misbehavior, are you running an
AV application and have it set to scan your email?

Hal
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"JackF" <> wrote in message
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> I noticed today that I wasn't getting any email. So I sent myself a test
> email (from a yahoo account), hit send/receive, got the usual box saying
> "receiving 1 of 1", it looked like it was downloading (but no green bar)
and
> then no email. I checked all the folders, and it's not here. I also
> searched the entire computer, and none of the email sent to me in the last
12
> hours is here. I (eventually) rebooted, and windows mail is now again
> receiving email as usual. My ISP confirms that my email was downloaded
off
> their server, but there's no sign of it here.
>
> I know of at least one important email that was sent and did not download.
> Any thoughts on what may have happened and whether there's any way to
recover
> my lost bits? (My ISP has promised to restore any email that was on their
> server at midnight, but anything since then is gone.)