Re: OT computer mystery


"Sacha" <sacha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:BFDC1A8A.27180%sacha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> On 31/12/05 10:29, in article 41n4nvF1cjph4U1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "michael
> adams" <mjadams25@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> "Sacha" <sacha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:BFDBE638.27102%sacha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> A most peculiar thing has happened to my Mac. I switched it on this
>> morning
>>> and every single message in my Inbox, read or unread, has disappeared,
>> apart
>>> from three that arrived overnight.
>>
>>
>> Assuming Entourage has the same features as OE (they're both written
>> by Microsoft)....one possibility
>>
>> In your first main Mail window -
>>
>> Select the "View" pull-down menu at the top,
>>
>> Omission: then select "current view"
>> ^^^^^^^^^
>>
>> and then select -
>>
>> "Show all messages"
>>
>> Possibly the program simply isn't dispaying messages which have already
>> been read.
>>
>> You may need to close down just Entourage, not the machine itself,
>> and then resopen the program.
>>
>>
>> michael adams
>>
> Thanks, Michael but I'm not using Entourage. I use Apple's own mail
> program
> which I prefer. It's a bit of a funny one, I must admit. We had no power
> cuts, nor anything else that I can think of to explain a glitch. We have
> had a hot water pipe leaking from the landing into the hall below but even
> I
> can't equate that with a computer problem. ;-)
>
> --
>
> Sacha
> www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
> South Devon
> (remove the weeds to email me)
>
You were recently asking about mailwashing programmes to prevent spam-if you
tried one out then it has probably attempted to do it's job.
You may also find that the mail programme you are using has marked the
missing emails as spam and moved them to a spam folder perhaps.


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