Moved folder from POP account to local folder lost all content
Howdy, I have a number of folders under my POP email account folder. I moved a couple of them to the local folder using drag and drop. It seemed to be going OK but when I went to double check the content, all the messages where gone. I could not find them in trash nor were they in the "from" or "destination" folder. The only things that were saved were the folders and subfolders.
This seemed like a simple move operation but it has gone very wrong. Any ideas why?
I have backups. Can someone point me to the procedure to recover specific folders in email?
I have been trying to search for a solution but have not been successful in even finding this issue.
This is on a Win10 PC running 115.7.0 (64-bit) version of Tbird.
Thanks!
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Update. I have successfully recovered my lost emails from backup to their original location.
However I still do not understand why a folder move from my POP email account folder to my "local Folder" deleted all my messages. I would still like to know if I did this wrong and what the correct way is to move a folder out of a POP email account folder to a local folder.
Thanks for your help!
Did you drag and drop folders or drag and drop messages, from the source folder to the target folder?
Tried it with 3 messages. They were deleted. Tried to do an undo move messages but the messages were not restored to the original directory.
I've moved a folder by drag and drop from one subfolder of Local Folders to another without losing anything, so I don't know why it isn't working for you. Do you have the profile folder in the default location on the C drive, or is there anything unconventional with your setup?