HELP! Mac Mail Lost Messages When I Upgraded to Leopard!
Not actually. Although at first it appears that way.
This is the setup that causes this to happen:
Mac OSX 10.4.x
MacMail
SpamSieve email filter with folder named “spam” that is “on my mac”.![]()
Everything works fine with this setup. No issues.
You upgrade to Leopard and suddenly, it appears you have no email.
What happens: Apple mail, when you upgrade to Leopard removes all plugins. This includes SpamSieve. When that happens, all your mail messages — spam and not spam — are dumped into your spam folder that you created for SpamSieve.
The solution: reinstall the SpamSieve plugin and manually move your messages from the spam folder to your inbox.
This is a great post explaining exactly how to do that
By the way, if you don’t use SpamSieve, it is the BEST spam filter ON THE PLANET!