[Dennis01]

I use Orange web mail. After a few days my mail builds up to perhaps a total of about 50 after which I seem to lose most of the items. There are still one or two of the earlier items in my In-box and then mail flows in until the same thing occurs, and I am left with the said earlier items. Where do the items vanish to and is it possible to retrieve them or are they lost forever?

[ScottGem]

You need to ask Orange mail this. Most web based mail services have a limit on the size of your mailboxes and the length of time mail is kept. But if they purge the mailbox, the mail is gone.