Hi i am using outlook for mac 2011 and also using imap accounts

Why does my mails automatic delete from inbox? and why can't i find them?

Florentz
Where did all my older emails go?  My inbox has been cleaned out since October 9th.  All of my folders are still there, and they have emails in them.  BUT, my inbox emails, almost 1000 are missing!  How do I get them back?
Really  important....!!!!!! Got almost all my works in them....

Even though I opened EVERY SINGLE mail I received, the inbox is indicating there are XX amount of unread mails. Clearly that is NOT the case as there's not a single one that still shows in bold, or unread. Why is it then that the inbox tab shows several mails not read win in fact there are none, not even way back in my inbox? Thanks. 
I realized this was a problem when I went searching for an email that contained a software authorization code that I hadn't used yet from earlier this year.  When I went to look for it, I realized that all email in my inbox had been deleted up until June of this year.  I was really confused, so I seached on google and found this thread: 

It was clear from this thread that the moderators didn't have any clue what happened, or how to position this to customers.  The fact of the matter is that emails in the inbox are being deleted despite the fact that no changes were made (such as sweep), no items were ever placed in the delete folder, and the inbox space hadn't been used up.  (I'm assuming an arbitrary folder message limit was implemented in the switch over to outlook.com, which seems to be when these issues started originating)

Then in subsequent threads, I notice the moderators locking every single thread bringing this topic up.  

Why did this happen?!  How can I get my emails back? And if I can't, how will I be compensated for the loss of information that will now clearly cost me money in replacing that information?

Suffice to say, if this can't be rectified, I won't ever be using any Microsoft online services any longer. 
Hi

I've seen that the same question has been asked and answered a lot, but the only solution I've seen seems to be when a Microsoft moderator steps in.

So like everyone else I upgraded to outlook a few months ago and have noticed now that the emails that I leave in my inbox are just automatically deleted, I've managed to save the important emails to folders, so that's fine. I check me emails via my iphone and web browser, the settings on my iphone do not have an auto delete feature; the settings in the web browser do not have a scheduled clean up for my inbox and I have the 'don't let devices or apps delete messages from outlook' feature checked.

Thanks is advance.
Thanks Microsoft for eliminating all my inbox emails.  When I opened the announcement about the new Outlook, everything was wiped out.  I WANT IT BACK!!!!!
Two weeks ago, my inbox suddenly dropped almost 3 months of mail that I had in my inbox (for a very good reason, thank you).  Now IT'S ALL GONE.  None of the suggestions on this forum have worked.  What is going on?  I've lost really important stuff here.

Hi

 

I woke up this morning to check my email and saw that my Inbox had been deleted. Does anyone know a possible contact email at Microsoft to see if I can get the Inbox restored?

 

The emails from the Inbox have been completely removed - they are not in the deleted items folder or any other folder.

 

Thanks.

why do emails for m y inbox keep disappearing? where do they go? how can i get them back? all my old emails sitting in my inbox are gone
I am unable to search for e-mails that are more than a few days old in my Outlook.com.  This is on a PC NOT a mobile device where there are settings that allow you to store only x number of messages in your inbox.  In fact, when I try to search messages that are a few weeks old, I cannot find them.  Yet, I have messages dating back to 2000, so they are there, but I cannot use the search function. Please advise how to restore default search functions to find e-mails by a name - not just from and by as keywords.  Outlook.com is really not easy to navigate.