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Installed Catalina, email vanished

I installed Catalina. Most of the old emails have vanished. Most of the rest, and most of new emails since installing Catalina, are blank.


How do get the old emails back?


How can I read the blank emails?


iMac, late 2013, now running macOS Catalina, version 10.15.2

Posted on Jan 9, 2020 11:14 PM

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Posted on Jan 10, 2020 11:03 AM

If they ate IMAP or exchange accounts the usual remedy is to go to Mail, Accounts and delete them with the "-"


Adding the account back will regenerate them from your providers web databases.

If you feel nervous, sign into your email accounts on Safari and prove to yourself they are there


If they are obsolescent POP accounts or On My Mac mailboxes you may have to search your backup drives.

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Jan 10, 2020 11:03 AM in response to ausrandoman

If they ate IMAP or exchange accounts the usual remedy is to go to Mail, Accounts and delete them with the "-"


Adding the account back will regenerate them from your providers web databases.

If you feel nervous, sign into your email accounts on Safari and prove to yourself they are there


If they are obsolescent POP accounts or On My Mac mailboxes you may have to search your backup drives.

Installed Catalina, email vanished

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