Set up rule and lost mail!

I thought I was doing a 'good' thing when I set up a rule in Mail that said if the email address does not contain my exact email address, please move it to the junk folder. I set it up for both my cable company's email address and for my Mac address. Went back into Mail- all messages gone from both accounts!! Wiped out. So I went back into Rules and removed both rules. The Mac mail reappeared but my cable company emails did NOT reappear. Now I can probably recover them cuz I back up every morning but since the backup this morning, of course I have gotten some emails which did not get backed up. What happened?! Where did they go? Can I get them back? Ugh! Judy

I tried rebuilding the mailbox and that didn't help. Judy

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I have seen several topics here with people complaining that Webmail times out when they are composing outgoing mail, and lose it when they hit send. However, none of these existing posts seem to have valid fixes or responses, and they all seem to be locked down to prevent new comments, so here is my two cents:
1. I have absolutely experienced the same thing. I've finally gotten into the habit of composing e-mail in an external editor, because I am sick and tired of wasting time recomposing lost e-mail.
2. The Verizon FAQ states two, contradictory policies, both of which are inaccurate:
http://www22.verizon.com/ResidentialHelp/HighSpeed/Email/Setup+And+Use/QuestionsOne/121965.htm:
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I access Webmail through an old bookmark which is defined as http://netmail.verizon.net/webmail/driver?nimlet=deggetfolder
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Welcome to the Discussion,
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Larry,
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Since you have converted from an earlier version of Mail, you probably have issues arising out of leftover files, and conversion to Tiger and Mail 2.x. Also, the mbox file is not used in Mail 2.x, and any found is a leftover file.
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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301315
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