Upgraded to Monterey 12.4. Recently discovered important emails in my junk folder. When I clicked on "Move to Inbox" they appeared briefly in the Inbox (a few seconds) and then totally disappeared with no trace. I've seen other threads from 10 years ago that discussed the same issue, but nothing recently. Is anyone else experiencing this? Any solutions or a software bug?
Mac mini, macOS 12.4
Wanted to add this: Don't click on "Move to Inbox" -- you'll lose the email permanently. Just drag and drop the email from junk to the individual email inbox.
Wanted to add this: Don't click on "Move to Inbox" -- you'll lose the email permanently. Just drag and drop the email from junk to the individual email inbox.
Ok - I think I figured it out.
My "All Inboxes" has 9 separate email accounts. I clicked on the little arrow to the left of All Inboxes to show each account.
Now, when I go to the Junk folder, I can drag and drop the email into the correct Inbox account directly (rather than putting it in All Inboxes.) The emails seem to remain intact then.
As an aside, I did check ALL the separate email accounts for the emails that disappeared and they remain lost, I believe forever. So for anyone losing emails while moving from junk to Inbox, the lesson is to move it directly to the email account and not into "All Inboxes."
Thank you P. Phillips for your input and advice.
How many e-mail accounts are involved ?
How are the accounts configured - IMAP or POP or combinations of both.
Who are the e-mail accounts configure with ?
Aside - current stable version as of July 20, 2022 is Monterey 12.5
Suggest making a Time Machine Backup is very useful and before attempting, if not already using TM Backup
Welcome
Good trial and error trouble shooting on your part
Emails disappearing: Mail moved from Junk to Inbox disappearing
