Mail saved on my Mac more than 3 months old? Poof, gone!

I switched to Leopard Mail several months ago, love it, sync it with AOL IMAP, works across the board on all my devices. Then today I noticed that any mail saved before mid-December had mysteriously evaporated from the "On My Mac" folders. Is there some sort of option that clears out anything more than 90 days old? How can I make it stop?

Check the "Mail" preferences and account settings. In there you have the option to remove deleted mail after a given time (1 week is default, I think) and the same goes for junk mail. I dont think there's a specific option for inbox mail, but check your "rules" to see if there's anything there that's deleting your mail. Do you have any smart mailboxes that contain old email? Perhaps you inadvertently used something like that and deleted the email. By itself, Mail should keep downloaded messages for as long as you want. If they're still in your inbox, however, and they're deleted from the server, then they'll disappear from your inbox. I've found it best to have a separate, local inbox I call "Old" and everything older than 1 month gets tossed in that folder. I've set that up as a rule, and periodically run the rule on all messages so they get put there.

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HT2513 Help! iCal is deleting some events, as well as deleting anything more than 1 month old

HELP! iCal is deleting events, seemingly at random. It is also deleting everything more than a month old. Since I have no other record of my calendar, this is a disaster.
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Do this, and while it is in the open re-examine your cpu pins w/ a bight light and hd zoom or a magnifying glass.
Thanks, xmad, I'll look at th CPU again tomorrow/next day under the glass when I take the board out. I already checked them under magnification and was leaning toward a funky board, but it never hurts to re-check. Eyesight is not what it used to be, for sure (I miss DOS, if that's a clue...). Don't want to flash the BIOS if not necessary, since it runs Windows fine and everything works except that RAM.
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Have learned a lot just reading the threads here for the last few days. This is the best forum I've ever encountered. I'll report back - some suggestions in other posts resembling my problem ended with no resolution, and that's a shame because one doesn't know if it worked or not.

Viewing bills more than 12 months old.

Is there any way I can view a bill that is more than 12 months old?

Thank you spottedcatfish for your response. You are correct in saying that the statements older then 12 months can be ordered via Customer service.
@jcfran,
We can order the statement reprint and you will receive within 7 to 10 business in the mail. Unfortunately, we are not able to send them via email or fax. Please keep in mind that there is a $5.00 charge per statement reprint you order.
Please send us a PM if you are still interested in ordering a reprint of one of your statements. Include your name, mobile number, and then best time we can reach you to process the order.
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Have a mac more than 5 years old need to update software but i dont know how? what update do i need? any help appreciated.

im trying to update the softare on my mac book, initially itunes but it wont update due to the software being behind. since my mac book is more than 5 years old i cant get the support from the apple website. so some knowledge from the community would be great. ill try and help what i can but not very computer literate

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Email app suddenly deleted all mail more than a month old on the ISP's mail server!

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My settings are set up to only delete something from my ISP if I've deleted it on my Palm. Clearly, I have not deleted these items, so there is no reason they should have been deleted on the ISP side.
I was nowhere near to using up my ISP's storage quota either. Last time I checked, I was only using 20% of my storage.
And then today I log on to my webmail and I can't see any of my messages from May or June or even October!
This was working up until a week or so ago.
I spoke with my ISP and they told me to post the bug here, and they have not deleted or would have no reason to delete the old e-mails.
Post relates to: Treo 680 (Unlocked GSM)

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HT201343 So if my iMac is more than 12 months old I can no longer use AirPlay? This is ridiculous!!! Do I have to go back to snow leopard to have the use of what I pay for?

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ginakins,
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Use to have 'No Limit' as an option... where did it go? Worthless if I can't work with email more than a month old.

The option is there, just disappears once you add the account.
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Favour - Anyone who has run 10.2.0.1-2 on linux for more than 3 months?

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login with your user that is 3 months old
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Bazza
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Bear in mind the SR was raised in March this year.
I've demonstrated the problem at 10.2.0.1, they asked me to upgrade to 10.2.0.2, so I did. Still had the issue, so I demo'ed it again for them. A newly created user does not exhibit the issue. I argued this wasn't a workaround, as all rules, UDMS etc would have to somehow migrated to the new user. A lengthy manual task, plus, a few months down the line I'm not guaranteed that I won't have the same issue again. So they raised a bug (5337476). Then they asked for a copy of the repository which I gave them. Two days after supplying the export, they want me to set up a brand new environment, to replicate the issue from scratch. I lost what little patience I had, arguing if I don't know what caused the issue, how can I be expected to replicate it? The fact I have the problem on two separate grid systems, on more than one user on each system, is stunning evidence of a problem.
Oracle keep trying to fob me off, if someone else is also experiencing the same issue it would serve as some desparately needed ammo!
Bazza

HT2376 QuickTime Pro Key: How do I retrieve a lost key purchased more than 18 months ago?

The stated method is to look up the order on the Apple Online Store, but they do not display orders more than 18 months old. How do I retrieve my key if it is older than that?

If you didn't write the info down on a piece of paper (like I did) or save the original email there is no way to recover your registration info.

HT2376 How do you recover a Quicktime registration key that was purchased more than 18 months ago?

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Does Your Exchange Calendar Currently Show Events More Than 2 Weeks Old?

Quick question: Can you view any exchange calendar items on your Pre which you have created on your desktop and which are more than two weeks old as you read this post? I can't. After several hours of support chat and then an "elevation" to phone support, I was told by Palm telephone support that this was a new feature after Webos 1.2.1.
However, two things make me doubt that this is true:
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2) I noticed something really weird: I had deleted my exchange account and was re-adding it in an attempt to solve the problem. The account was syncing but I was watching my screen and it was displaying the monthly view of September, 2009. When the account was almost done syncing, I saw the calendar "flicker" a couple of times and when it did, I could see that there were all my grayed out September dates. Then it said that sync was complete and all events before 9/30/09 disappeared.
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If you are reading this could you please reply to let me know if this is a unique issue for me or whether others are having the same experience? I'd really appreciate it.
Thanks,
Joe
Post relates to: Pre p100eww (Sprint)
Post relates to: Pre p100eww (Sprint)

Very similar issue here. I am syncing my Pre with Google Mail. Don't even ASK what a hassle it was to get my Entourage contacts into Gmail and have everything populate the correct fields. A freakin' NIGHTMARE.
That said, the syncing with synergy seems to work well, with one major drawback. No calendar entries older than two months. This renders my calendar virtually useless. What is the POINT of this stupidity. I am perfectly capable of deciding if I want to use my pre's storage for older entries.
Unbelievable. I really hope palm gets it's head in gear and starts supporting its loyal users. Much more of this, and I will jump to virtually ANY other smart phone.

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