COMPUTER QUESTION: Retreving deleted email? How?

[mjp28]

COMPUTER QUESTION: Retreving deleted email? How?

I can't believe I did this, I've been online over a decade.....on phone, reading Yahoo email, went to delete ONE email, hit the entire page button, went to uncheck and ZAP, I hit DELETE which is a tiny fraction above the page button.

All 2012 em gone, so can I get it back....program or software for that?

Geezzzz, so easy to do!

(NOTE: my cell phone still shows it's emal for Yahoo account, slightly different mail.)

[Brass Tacks]

can you check the trash bin?

[mjp28]

Originally Posted by Brass Tacks

can you check the trash bin?

Trash bin EMPTY.

But I went to Yahoo assistance, requested to restore my email to the last 0-4 hours today, here's the reply:

Thank you!

Hello mjp,

Thank you for contacting Yahoo! Customer Care. •If you are reporting abuse, we appreciate your efforts to make our community better. We will investigate, and take action where appropriate. We may contact you if additional information is required to complete our investigation.
•If you are submitting a request for assistance, or asking a question, we will respond, usually within 24 hours.

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Sincerely,
The Yahoo! Customer Care Team
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No guarantees it will be 100% correct but what the heck, basically my 2012 Yahoo em is GONE.

They will do a restore.....I'll let you all know what happens.

"Dumb*** mjp"

[raven818]

Originally Posted by Brass Tacks

can you check the trash bin?

Emails don't go the the Bin.

mjp28, what email program do you use?

[mjp28]

Here's where I went:


Yahoo! Mail/Messenger Restore Help Form

* All fields required unless otherwise noted.

•Please Click Here if You Need Help with Yahoo! Contacts
•Please Click Here if You Need Help with Yahoo! Messenger
•Please Click Here if You Need Help Logging into Your Yahoo! Account

Please read this before asking us to restore your messages:
* We can only restore messages that were lost in the last 48 hours.
* We can’t guarantee a successful restore
* A restore returns your account to the time you specify, which means that ALL messages, including instant messages and email messages, received after that time are deleted and cannot be retrieved.
* Before requesting a restore, backup any messages sent or received within the last 48 hours that you want to keep.

Please read this article for complete details on the risks of a restore, and to learn how to backup your messages, before submitting your restore request.

[mjp28]

Originally Posted by raven818

Emails don't go the the Bin.

mjp28, what email program do you use?

Yahoo.com, I really like it, no problems, been here since I left aol (like everyone else)

And YES em goes bye-bye on deletes.

[mjp28]

GEEEZZZZ!!

Please tell me someone else has done this.

[soundguy]

if it's webmail instead of a local client.. he MAY be able to get them back depending on how the server stores or deletes them...


good luck

[raven818]

Originally Posted by soundguy

if it's webmail instead of a local client.. he MAY be able to get them back depending on how the server stores or deletes them...


good luck

Unfortunately, that's your only hope w/web based.
I wouldn't hold my breath though.

[goofy]

Originally Posted by mjp28

GEEEZZZZ!!

Please tell me someone else has done this.

Done it and ALLOT more
But i am a computer moron! If it was not for some of the people here I would still be trying to turn on this box.
Mike

[soundguy]

Originally Posted by raven818

Unfortunately, that's your only hope w/web based.
I wouldn't hold my breath though.

i hear ya. while email is suposedly 'kept' for law enforcement purposes.. etc.. I have had situations where I lost a few days of embarq email ( no fault of my own.. was an embarq glitch ) and they sent me an email the next day stating that the email was completely non recoverable!!

so much for saving for tracking etc!

[raven818]

Originally Posted by soundguy

i hear ya. while email is suposedly 'kept' for law enforcement purposes.. etc.. I have had situations where I lost a few days of embarq email ( no fault of my own.. was an embarq glitch ) and they sent me an email the next day stating that the email was completely non recoverable!!

so much for saving for tracking etc!

Just a thought. There's a program I've had since it came out called Mail Washer Pro. It allows you to read email while it's still on your server, and delete ( and bounce ) mail you don't want.

There's also a free Mailwasher that allows you to all but bounce.

I would think Yahoo allows you to have the mail sent to your 'normal' email service ( IP ). You could look at all of them, and bring the ones you want to your PC for safe storage, and back em up on disk, if needed.

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Can't hurt to check it out? Lil late for your issue, but an option.
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[raven818]

BTW, you can enter whatever mail service you want in it when you set it up.

[gvw3]

Web mail is not the best for saving you emails. I wish you luck with yahoo.

What I would do is setup outlook or outlook express with your isp email. You can save that on your own hard drive. You can also do that with a google email address. Yahoo at one time allowed this option but now they want you to pay for it.

My wife did the same thing with Comcast. They were able to restore her emails. Yahoo has no real incentive in restoring this for you.

[raven818]

Originally Posted by gvw3

Yahoo at one time allowed this option but now they want you to pay for it.

Yahoo wants you to pay for forwarding to your own IP????

[Brass Tacks]

Originally Posted by raven818

Emails don't go the the Bin.

mine sure do. I deleted a couple and checked before I posted

[raven818]

Originally Posted by Brass Tacks

mine sure do. I deleted a couple and checked before I posted

What email program do you use?

[soundguy]

i think the best way to go is to use a mial client.. like windows mail or outlook express that it repalced. that way you download mail from your server and have a copy at home.. if you delete.. it goes into it's trashcan.. so you have 1 safety level.

i also know on smart phones.. like my wifes iphone you can download copies of mail and not delete on server.

i know yahoo and embarq can be used with clients.. because I do..

[mjp28]

Originally Posted by gvw3

Web mail is not the best for saving you emails. I wish you luck with yahoo.

What I would do is setup outlook or outlook express with your isp email. You can save that on your own hard drive. You can also do that with a google email address. Yahoo at one time allowed this option but now they want you to pay for it.

My wife did the same thing with Comcast. They were able to restore her emails. Yahoo has no real incentive in restoring this for you.

I AGREE AND GOOD POINT FOR ALL, I use my ISP WMail for closest friends and most important email like banks and credit cards.

I use 3 Yahoo em boxes for "junk & misc" like sports boards BUT some has some value....I would want it back.

NOTE: IT DID NOT TOUCH EM ALREADY IN FOLDERS!! DO THAT IF YOU REALLY WANT TO KEEP WEB MAIL SAFE...or safer.

[norahc]

Originally Posted by mjp28

COMPUTER QUESTION: Retreving deleted email? How?

I can't believe I did this, I've been online over a decade.....on phone, reading Yahoo email, went to delete ONE email, hit the entire page button, went to uncheck and ZAP, I hit DELETE which is a tiny fraction above the page button.

All 2012 em gone, so can I get it back....program or software for that?

Geezzzz, so easy to do!

(NOTE: my cell phone still shows it's emal for Yahoo account, slightly different mail.)

I'm confused Are they still available on your cell phone? If so, you may be able to resend them to yourself or place them in a temp. archive folder and recover them that way.

[norahc]

Originally Posted by soundguy

i hear ya. while email is suposedly 'kept' for law enforcement purposes.. etc.. I have had situations where I lost a few days of embarq email ( no fault of my own.. was an embarq glitch ) and they sent me an email the next day stating that the email was completely non recoverable!!

so much for saving for tracking etc!

As soon as they provide use the money and equipment to maintain their back ups for them, we'll consider keeping emails for LE purposes. Right now, we don't archive any of our customer's emails and have no plans to do so.

[mjp28]

Originally Posted by norahc

I'm confused Are they still available on your cell phone? If so, you may be able to resend them to yourself or place them in a temp. archive folder and recover them that way.

YES some are there...I immediately put a save star by each one, like locking them as saved.

Now I see what Yahoo returns to me on the rest. First time on this manuver for me.

[Brass Tacks]

Originally Posted by raven818

What email program do you use?

yahoo, isn't that what the op was asking about?

[mjp28]

Originally Posted by Brass Tacks

yahoo, isn't that what the op was asking about?

Yes, I have 3 yahoo, 1 GMail (rarely use) plus my main ISP with Windows Mail used by that pig Vista which I also have my Mailwasher PRO on.

Got it? Use junk mailboxes for various junk.

[raven818]

Originally Posted by Brass Tacks

yahoo, isn't that what the op was asking about?

That's not a email program. It's web based service for sending/receiving. Thunderbird, Outlook, etc,. are email programs.

I wanted to know the program.