Saved Mail Folder

This is the third time that the Saved mail folder has gone. This is in my internet providers account.
The first and second time, it reapeared a few weeks later, but not all the mail was there. This thrid time it happened yesterday after about 21 updates from Microsoft.
How to I get it back on my mail page?
Peg

Hi,
You need to talk with your ISP. They may ONLY keep users emails for a number of days (say few weeks). Why not use Outlook (old Hotmail, old Windows Live mail - not Outlook in Office suite), Yahoo, Gmail .... I've never used ISP mail box because I may change ISP from time to time.
Good luck.
BH
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