Lost inbox in mail

My wife was working on an email when her entire inbox was deleted. Is there a backup file?
We have a 3.2 Gz Intel Core i3 iMac running OSX version 10.8.3,

kbsmcd wrote:
My wife was working on an email when her entire inbox was deleted. Is there a backup file?
We have a 3.2 Gz Intel Core i3 iMac running OSX version 10.8.3,
If you have chosen to run a backup (Time Machine is one) then there is, did you?

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First, please update to Firefox 21 [[Update Firefox to the latest version]]
Firefox doesn't manage your Cox email, there must have been something else that caused your email to get lost.

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You're welcome.
If the incoming mail server address remains the same with the new host, did the account's user name change?
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lost all my mail in my inbox +my mail account settings except @mac.com after a crash of my system.
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Hi Jake, and a warm welcome to the forums!
Could be many things, we should start with this...
"Try Disk Utility
1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc that came with your computer, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
*Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.*
3. Click the First Aid tab.
4. Click the disclosure triangle to the left of the hard drive icon to display the names of your hard disk volumes and partitions.
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6. Click Repair. Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk."
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
Then Safe Boot from the HD, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, reboot when it completes.
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I lost all my mail in my inbox. I lost recently also all my notes. Who can help?

Hello,
I notices today that I lost all my mail in my inbox. In Iclou, ma and iphone.
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Thanks, Marc.

Try this and see if your mail comes back.
Quit the Mail app completely and reboot the iPad. Go to the home screen first by tapping the home button. Double tap the home button and the recents tray will appear with all of your recent apps displayed at the bottom. Tap and hold down on any app icon until it begins to wiggle. Tap the minus sign in the upper left corner of the app that you want to close. Tap the home button or anywhere above the task bar.
Reboot the iPad by holding down on the sleep and home buttons at the same time for about 10-15 seconds until the Apple Logo appears - ignore the red slider if it appears on the screen - let go of the buttons. Let the iPad start up.

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Allyen,
I have never failed to see a warning message when you remove an account in Mail Preferences/Accounts/Account Information -- are you sure you didn't miss the message?
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Message was edited by: Ernie Stamper

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To my horror, I emptied these boxes and lost all my mail from all my boxes .
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I'm having a similar but slightly different problem. My company just migrated to Gmail, and it's saving mail drafts every 30 seconds into my Trash folder.
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Thanks.

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https://engineering.purdue.edu/ECN/Support/KB/Docs/GeneralEmailSettings
http://kb.iu.edu/data/ajnm.html
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