What to do if a large number of your emails have suddenly disappeared?

Have you suddenly lost a large amount of your emails? If yes, there might be a number of reasons responsible for the mishap. Let us see what they are.

Possible causes of the problem

The issue might have taken place because of a number of potential reasons. Out of those, the most prominent ones are mentioned below.

Manual deletion

Someone might have logged in and moved or deleted the emails. So, you need to check the other folders of your email account, especially Trash and Spam.

Third party scripts

By default, some scripts make use of POP3 for recovering emails from the server. You are suggested to utilize IMAP for recovering your emails.

POP access utilized

In case you had a POP3 connection by means of Outlook or a different email client, the emails might have been transferred to the computer system that had the POP3 connection. You can fix this issue by configuring your POP3 account for leaving copies of messages on the server.

Process of recovering deleted messages (For Gmail users only)

In case your emails were deleted permanently with the Delete Forever option in the Spam or Trash folder, the messages can’t be recovered. However, if you might have moved an email to Trash by using the Delete option and you have not deleted it permanently plus it’s just been less than 30 days since the deletion, you can perform the following steps to recover the same.

·         Login to your Gmail account by entering your login credentials.

·         Locate the Trash folder on the left side of the Gmail account page. (If it’s not there, you need to locate the Labels tab under Settings, and then click the show link that is adjacent to Trash).

·         Locate the desired messages or emails that you want to recover.

·         Select the Move to Inbox option for bringing the message back to the Inbox.

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