good of you both to reply --- taken appropriate steps and the sent folder is back (Andy, I sorta keep an eye on how many total I have sent over the years. Happily, I am not Hillary and none of them were ever marked or needed to be marked Confidential :-))) ) Thanks again, fellas!
On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 12:52 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > [email protected] > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email#!forum/gmail-users/topics> > Google > Groups > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email/#!overview> > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email/#!overview> > Topic digest > View all topics > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email#!forum/gmail-users/topics> > > - where are sent emails? <#m_-6059761892464275095_group_thread_0> - 3 > Updates > > where are sent emails? > <http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users/t/36d4d06c97828f0c?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > Christine Skarbek <[email protected]>: Sep 27 03:59PM +0200 > > i just checked my sent box and all 54,000 sent emails have disappeared. > what is going on? how in the heck did this happen? > Andy <[email protected]>: Sep 27 01:50PM -0400 > > On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 9:59 AM, Christine Skarbek <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > i just checked my sent box and all 54,000 sent emails have disappeared. > > what is going on? how in the heck did this happen? > > System glitch, perhaps? > > What is in "All Mail"; is it empty too? > > (And how did you know there were 54,000 of them? Does it say there were > that many?) > > The "Sent Mail" box isn't a separate folder. Gmail just does a search of > "All Mail" for messages you sent. It does the search every time you click > "Sent Mail", I believe. At Google, doing a search is more efficient than > storing those messages in a separate database. > > Also try logging off and back on, and/or clearing your computer's Cache and > Cookies, because they are important to Gmail's proper functioning. > > In the event that something or someone went to your Sent Mail and deleted > everything, check your "Trash" too. Also, update your security information > if you haven't done it in a while. But I'm putting my best bet on this > being a temporary glitch. > > Andy > Marko Vukovic <[email protected]>: Sep 27 08:10PM +0200 > > On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 3:59 PM, Christine Skarbek <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > i just checked my sent box and all 54,000 sent emails have disappeared. > > what is going on? how in the heck did this happen? > > > This could be a number of things. I would immediately change password and > activate 2-step verification. I would then install a good Anti Virus, I > can recommend Bitdefender <http://www.bitdefender.com/solutions/free.html > >. > The next step would be to check your Trash folder. > > Regards > > -- > Marko > Back to top <#m_-6059761892464275095_digest_top> > You received this digest because you're subscribed to updates for this > group. You can change your settings on the group membership page > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email#!forum/gmail-users/join> > . > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it send an > email to [email protected]. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Gmail-Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
