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when I delete an email from my inbox, it disappears, it does not go in my trash folder

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Jennifer Mcclellan
Jennifer Mcclellan

My deleted emails do not go in my trash folder. Where are they going?

My deleted emails do not go in my trash folder. Where are they going?

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Go to the setting <Account Settings | (the account in question) | Server Settings | When I delete a message> and see what "Move to this folder" is set for.

Also try using the Search feature to find one of the recent missing messages.

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