IMAP Connection Failure causes all Emails to vanish

I have experienced IMAP Connection failures since several days. While Mail corresponds with an error message it also removes all Emails ever received in my folders. How to fix this?

IMAP is - unlike POP3 - a protocol where all your folder information and mails are stored on the mailserver. That's the reason why it can happen, that a malfunctioning mailserver delivers incorrect information to your client (in that case obviously the information "no folders with no mail") and so your client displays, what this information says: nothing.
As soon as the IMAP-mailserver is functioning properly again all your folders and mails should reappear in your mailclient.

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