Long post to update, so scroll down for an explanation of my issue.
You could try an advanced search in gmail for the email address in question. I don't know that it includes the trash though (or whatever it's called for gmail) so you might need to check that manually. If threaded messages are turned on, and you started to reply, it may also be in drafts?
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Don, that is the only reason I still use POP on my main Shaw account.
Are there any other eMails missing? I ask as it may be possible that the provider may have had a glitch and the eMail in question had not yet made it onto the back-up used to restore your account. Anyways it's just a thought.
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Is it available in your iCloud email stuff if you use it, which I gather you do.
Just a maybe as iCloud seems to screw most usable things up pretty well. :-(
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That's just one of several reasons I do the same. ;D
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Or maybe try a web search?
Like:
https://www.google.ca/search?client...F-8&gfe_rd=cr&dcr=0&ei=3GClWpLyE-3e8Af0kZP4Dw
I'd say it's doubtful but worth a try, but gmail does seem to do some email things a bit differently. Especially if it's a IMAP email account that's involved. I'm not sure if they use a "cloud" or if it was even enabled.
- Patrick
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Gmail seems to put everything I
don't want to save in the Archive folder. But I suppose you have already checked that........ Just sayin'.....
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Is it possible the sender recalled the message?
That is exactly what took place.
Is it even possible to recall a message that has been read?
Don, I second the suggestion to look in their Archive folder.
Cheers
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Would any of these suggestions work???
Recover Deleted Email: Outlook/Gmail/Hotmail/Yahoo Mail Messages
https://www.easeus.com/file-recovery/recover-deleted-email-files.html
Or maybe even this???
How To Recover Deleted Emails From Apple Mail On A Mac
https://www.prosofteng.com/blog/how-to-retrieve-deleted-emails/
Doubtful, I would think… :-(
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This is interesting for a number of reasons. Not the least of which because it turns the accepted 'snail' maxim that the letter belongs to the addressee/recipient not to the sender, on its head.
if the sender can unsend, then, ipso facto, the sender owns the message, which is the exact opposite of accepted practice with 'snail'.
Seems to me, SINC, the most parsimonious solution will be to contact the sender in order to clarify the matter. YMMV!!!
The email was sent by the office of the city manager of St. Albert. It granted permission for my home to be removed from the mandatory install list of a Neptune smart water meter complete with transmitter to monitor water usage in my home.
I and many others had objected to the install as we feared for our privacy and the city reacted to the backlash by announcing an opt out method sometime in April once it had been passed by council. In the meantime, council ordered the install process to begin in February and my neighbourhood was among one of the first selected so Neptune was making demands to enter my home. Appeals to mayor and council to delay installation until the opt out details were rejected. In other words it would be installed against my wishes and supposedly removed later and we all know how that would turn out, don't we?
The mayor and council were copied the email that granted me the temporary reprieve but as soon as they became aware of the email, they ordered the city manager to unsend the email immediately, which tells me they will never offer an opt out method in spite of announcing it in the local paper back in December of 2017.
I read it on my iPhone, but did not copy it. It disappeared within a half hour or so. I now have no proof that the city utility department granted my request for an extension until council made the details of the opt out plan available to the public. While I remember the original content of the email clearly as well as the name of the sender in the city manager's office, I don't recall the exact email address and am without proof I ever got it.
So far demands from Neptune have ceased, but they may resume at any time and I am under threat of having my water disconnected if I fail to comply.
Perhaps that will help explain my desire to find that email.
time machine does not cover eMails..
i had an issue with email once and time machine will not recover emails from Gmail or exchange or imap only if they are "on my Mac" meaning pop and downloaded..
Just out of curiosity - have you rebuilt your Apple mail , doubt it will work but worth a try..
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