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How do I recover a deleted email that was sent to Trash & emptied ?

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Hydro01
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I deleted an email that went to Trash. I then emptied the Trash folder. How can I recover the deleted email ?

I deleted an email that went to Trash. I then emptied the Trash folder. How can I recover the deleted email ?

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sfhowes
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As long as you haven't compacted a folder, including Trash, you might be able to recover messages with the 'Recover deleted messages' add-on:

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Undelete_a_message

To install the add-on, drag the Download link to the xpi file and drop it onto Tools/Add-ons/Extensions in TB.