I accidentally deleted a very important email in my Bulk folder. Immediately, I tried to retrieve it but couldn’t. I can’t believe there is no trash folder in the Bulk. That seems ridiculous. Is there no way I can go back and retrieve the just-deleted email from Bulk?
Please help!
Sorry. Deleting spam removes it immediately. It does not go to the trash.
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If a warning came up that ask if you wanted to “PERMANENTLY DELETE”, its gone forever.
If you are speaking of the Spam Folder, may be Bulk in Classic Mail, Yahoo’s answer is; How long do messages stay in my Spam Folder? Can I control this?
Yes. Here’s how you do it:
* Click Options in the upper-right corner of your Mail page.
* Click Spam from the list on the left.
* In the “SpamGuard” section, after the line “Empty Spam folder”, you can specify how often you’d like us to empty your Spam folder by selecting from the pull-down menu. We do it automatically once a month, but you can select two weeks, one week…or immediately!
* Above your spam options, click Save Changes.
Concerning the Trash Folder Yahoo’s reply is; How long until mail in Trash is deleted?
Messages in Trash are deleted at occasional intervals. Don’t expect messages to remain in Trash for any amount of time.
If you want, you can empty Trash yourself by clicking “Empty” next to Trash in the left navigation bar. Next, a window opens asking “Are you sure…?” Click “OK” to delete or “Cancel” to close the window.
When messages are emptied from the Trash folder, they’re permanently deleted from the Yahoo! Mail server and can’t be recovered.
Make it a great day!
It isn’t ridiculous – Bulk mail is considered spam, or junk mail. Why would you have a “very important email” in your bulk folder? Messages go to the bulk folder when you don’t have the addresses of the sender in your contacts or address book. Once bulk is deleted – it’s gone. Period. Put these addresses in your address book and ask your contact to send the “very important message” again. This time, it will go to your inbox where it’s much safer.