AboutJeff Greenberg Expertise I can comfortably answer most basic/advanced questions regarding Macintosh hardware and software - nowadays only OSX (I gave up OS 9 seven years ago). My particular specialties are in Video editing/DVD authoring. I am a certified trainer in the "pro apps" (Final Cut, DVDSP, Soundtrack, Motion). I have been using Macs since 1985.
Please do not ask me about OS9.
Experience I'm an Apple Cert. Trainer for FCP, DVD SP, since the inception of this program. I've was
certified as an Apple Cert. Technician back in 1989.
Publications Videography
Education/Credentials BA film- Penn State. Certifications from Apple, Avid for training.
Expert: Jeff Greenberg Date: 6/28/2008 Subject: account retrieval
Question Hi. I have just changed web host and the advice was that I could just delete
my old email account and all the messages I had on that account would still
stay on my computer. Unfortunately that was not true so now they have all
gone!!! Is there any way I can retrieve them??? I need some of them badly!
I run a Mac OSX (10.3.9) with mail.1.3.11(v622/624). Please tell me all is not
lost...
Thanks
Sofia
Answer Sofia,
Sorry, I only have bad news for you. Unfortunately this isn't a Mac problem. It sounds like you had an IMAP account; when you cut off access to it, and replaced it with your new host, your system sync'd it's email....removing the copy on your machine.
There's not much to be done, as the data was on the old web host, and since you moved hosting, they probably deleted your account.
