ICloud inbox suddenly EMPTY

Suddenly, this afternoon (7/31/12 around 4:30 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time), my iCloud inbox was empty. Poof. No warning, no nothing. Just empty.
What on EARTH is going on?

PatsyKB51 wrote:
Yes indeed, it's empty of everything except a couple of messages sent since I posted. A number of users are reporting the same problem. Suddenly various iCloud mailboxes are just empty - poof
Apple has confirmed that there is an issue -
http://trutower.com/2012/07/31/apple-confirms-some-icloud-users-are-missing-emai l/
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/07/31/apple_itunes_app_stores_experience _outages.html
http://9to5mac.com/2012/07/31/and-now-the-app-store-purchasing-is-down/
You're correct "Access to older messages affected by this issue will be restored ASAP.”

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