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Retrieve email messages that were lost by displaying 'only' unread messages.

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Lin replied 1 ŋkeke si va yi
george.fono
george.fono

I had a number of emails that were labelled 'unread'. I pulled down the command that was tagged to only show unread emails. I touched every email that was unread to get a clean plate. Since all emails were now read, I got a blank screen; all. How do I get my emails back. I can not remember what tools I used, or where the tools came from. I have over 6K emails, but I can not get at them. Please help. George

I had a number of emails that were labelled 'unread'. I pulled down the command that was tagged to only show unread emails. I touched every email that was unread to get a clean plate. Since all emails were now read, I got a blank screen; all. How do I get my emails back. I can not remember what tools I used, or where the tools came from. I have over 6K emails, but I can not get at them. Please help. George

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Lin
Lin
  • Contributor Ga 10 wo

I'm guessing you pressed the "Unread" Quick Filter button. To unfilter the view and and see all messages, just press the "Unread" button again. This article describes the feature in more detail:

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/quick-filter-toolbar

Bia biabia

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