Incoming messages no longer deposit in InBoxbut defer to Mail Views New Today

[AlaskaJohn]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Power PC
Email Client: pop

For some reason all new email is deferred to the Mail Views, New Mail, rather than the InBox. This is causing me to lose some email. How do I get my incoming email to return to the Inbox? Thx.

 

[Diane Ross]

For some reason all new email is deferred to the Mail Views, New Mail, rather
than the InBox. This is causing me to lose some email. How do I get my
incoming email to return to the Inbox? Thx.

Custom views do not actually have mail in that folder. Your mail is most
likely being moved by a Mailing List Manager rule to another folder but the
custom view doesn't look at folders but by date.

You must have a rule that is moving the message. The most likely culprit is
the Mailing List Manager (MLM). It's very easy to set up a MLM rule by
accident, when you are marking a message as 'not junk'. The wording of that
dialog is ambiguous to say the least. Check if there is an MLM entry (look
for MLM entries under the tools menu) with the incorrect destination folder
as the target folder. Mailing List Manager rules run before your other
rules.