Emails just disappeared!

Emjay86 · 30 Dec 2015 at 21:53

Hey guys,

I logged onto my secondary email address the other day and my emails just vanished. Everything has disappeared and whilst I can still send emails on it I can't actually receive them. Ive checked my settings and tehy are all still on defaults so it should be functional.

Any ideas?

Burnsy2023 · 30 Dec 2015 at 21:54

What email provider are you using?

Ashley S · 30 Dec 2015 at 21:59

Burnsy2023 said:
What email provider are you using?

No doubt it'll be hotmail/outlook.

Emjay86 · 30 Dec 2015 at 22:00

Ashley S said:
No doubt it'll be hotmail/outlook.

Brilliant guess there...

Ashley S · 30 Dec 2015 at 22:02

Emjay86 said:
Brilliant guess there...

There always having issues well with me anyway.
I always get a lot of phishing e-mails etc I don't on Gmail.

MissChief · 30 Dec 2015 at 23:18

Have you recently setup any mail clients, especially on a PC/Laptop to pull emails from this account?

Nix · 30 Dec 2015 at 23:24

Pro tip:

Go gmail.
Get chrome.
Install Checker Plus extension.
Never look back! :cool:

TommyV · 30 Dec 2015 at 23:49

Is this on your phone?

If so, make sure that the mailbox is looking at ALL messages, and is not set to stop presenting them after X amount of time.

Having upgraded my phone recently, this became apparent!

craig_t · 31 Dec 2015 at 11:07

Nix said:
Pro tip:

Go gmail.
Get chrome.
Install Checker Plus extension.
Never look back!

Didn't have the ext, but looks very useful! I'll get right onto that

Emjay86 · 31 Dec 2015 at 18:58

Its on my PC.

Strangely my phone is able to see emails from a while back but its not displaying anything new and wont receive anything whereas my PC browser wont show anything and again doesn't receive anything.

I would go to gmail but theres incredible hassle in making sure all the important stuff is transferred like banks and stuff.

russell664 · 31 Dec 2015 at 20:15

Nix said:
Pro tip:

Go gmail.
Get chrome.
Install Checker Plus extension.
Never look back!

Used this for years, and I agree. So simple, yet so effective.

Emjay86 · 1 Jan 2016 at 20:01

Is there no way of fixing this issue then?

Fr0dders · 1 Jan 2016 at 21:02

Emjay86 said:
Its on my PC.

Strangely my phone is able to see emails from a while back but its not displaying anything new and wont receive anything whereas my PC browser wont show anything and again doesn't receive anything.

I would go to gmail but theres incredible hassle in making sure all the important stuff is transferred like banks and stuff.

just stick a forwarder on your hotmail so anything that gets sent there is automatically forwarded onto gmail and delete. Job done.

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/how-to/i...t-to-hotmail-to-other-email-accounts-3281773/

UTmaniac · 1 Jan 2016 at 22:16

I blame the delete icons on Hotmail.

Emjay86 · 10 Jan 2016 at 11:44

I thought I fixed the issue by going from Chrome to Firefox. But I woke up today and now Firefox is doing the same.

I can only think its some sort of malware or something on my browser? Strange how its only happening to one email address though. Ive got anothe email address on hotmail and its been fine.

Any ideas?

Thanks guys.

kefan77 · 10 Jan 2016 at 11:50

Fr0dders said:
just stick a forwarder on your hotmail so anything that gets sent there is automatically forwarded onto gmail and delete. Job done.

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/how-to/i...t-to-hotmail-to-other-email-accounts-3281773/

Nix said:
Pro tip:

Go gmail.
Get chrome.
Install Checker Plus extension.
Never look back!

Diddums · 10 Jan 2016 at 12:15

You been haxxored bro.

Time to call the internet police.

Craig321 · 10 Jan 2016 at 13:07

Nix said:
Pro tip:

Go gmail.
Get chrome.
Install Checker Plus extension.
Never look back!

That extension is awesome

chaparral · 10 Jan 2016 at 15:10

Emjay86 said:
I logged onto my secondary email address the other day and my emails just vanished. Everything has disappeared and whilst I can still send emails on it

Wish I was that lucky...

m4cc45 · 10 Jan 2016 at 18:06

Think it's more a problem with your PC / browser than with the provider. I've migrated from Hotmail to Outlook years ago and never had a problem. Sadly / happily (depending on the mail) I've got stuff going back years.

Suggest you clean up / reinstall Windows on your PC and then try again. You can always request the emails back if they have disappeared (i.e. you've used the same passwords for multiple accounts and one of those accounts have had issues and some malicious type has removed them all - though saying it was working yesterday suggests more of an issue with your PC).

M.