Mail deleting emails without authorization?

ashleyschultzashleyschultz
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in Mac Software edited January 2014
Does Mail automatically delete emails after a certain point? My boss swears that he can't find emails he received a few weeks ago and even I couldn't find them after searching using the search and Spotlight tools.



He has a lot of emails sitting in his Mail application (over 5,000) and is convinced that Mail is deleting stuff to make room for incoming messages. I don't believe it because the application would erase older stuff, not never ones, right?



Does anyone have an insight that I'm missing? Hope so.



Thanks very much!



Ashley

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 2
    sherman homansherman homan Posts: 167member
    Not unless it has been told to. Mail can't make decisions like that. Is there any pattern to the missing emails? Date, size, sender, etc.?
  • Reply 2 of 2
    ashleyschultzashleyschultz Posts: 2member
    Sherman: It's more that he's noticing emails missing than certain ones being deleted. There doesn't seem to be a pattern. thanks!
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