Ok Michael,
I'll reply to your other email subject: Re: "All sent mail has vanished from 
Mail"
with further instructions to reindex later.

Sent from Ronni's iPad4


> On 7 Jul 2016, at 10:38 PM, Michael Hawkins 
> <michael.hawk...@mjhawkins.com.au> wrote:
> 
> Unfortunately no Ronni, rebuilding the sent mailbox did not work.
> 
> I’ve learned to live with out them.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Michael.
> 
> 
>> On 7 Jul 2016, at 10:15 pm, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Good to hear Michael,
>> 
>> Did my instructions to rebuild the sent mailbox sort your previous post 
>> Re: "All sent mail has vanished from Mail"?
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Ronni
>> Sent from Ronni's iPad4
>> 
>> 
>>> On 7 Jul 2016, at 9:32 PM, Michael Hawkins 
>>> <michael.hawk...@mjhawkins.com.au> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hello Ronni,
>>> 
>>> I'm pleased (and relieved) to say that steps 1 to 3 in your email worked a 
>>> treat. Thank you,
>>> 
>>> Michael
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
>>>> On 7 Jul 2016, at 12:52 PM, Ronni Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On 6 Jul 2016, at 10:34 PM, Michael Hawkins 
>>>>> <michael.hawk...@mjhawkins.com.au> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> I attempted to tidy up the desktop on my MacBook Pro by creating new 
>>>>> Folders, naming them, and dragging and dropping into the new Folders the 
>>>>> various items I’d saved on the Desktop.
>>>>> 
>>>>> For some reason (a) various items that I had not dragged into a Folder 
>>>>> are now in the Folder, (b) each new Folder contains a folder which has 
>>>>> the same name as the Folder on the desktop and (c) each of the folders 
>>>>> within a Folder contains the same items as are in the Folder I created.
>>>>> 
>>>>> What has gone wrong, and how can I correct it?
>>>>> 
>>>>> MacBook Pro 17 inch, late 2011
>>>>> 2.4 GHz intel Core i7
>>>>> 8 GB 1333 MHz DDR3
>>>>> 
>>>>> Yosemite version 10.10.5
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thank you,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Michael Hawkins
>>>> 
>>>> Hello Michael,
>>>> 
>>>> Are sure you created New Folders not Smart Folders, and moved the items 
>>>> correctly into the New Folders?
>>>> <https://support.apple.com/kb/PH18762?locale=en_US>
>>>> 
>>>> If so:
>>>> Try deleting the Desktop Preference file. 
>>>> 1. Go to your user   ~/library 
>>>> In Finder, Hold down the Alt (Option) & click Go menu - select Library 
>>>> (The user library folder is listed below the current user's home 
>>>> directory.)
>>>> 
>>>> 2. Open Library - then scroll to Preferences and find 
>>>> com.apple.finder.plist and move it to your Desktop. (don't worry, it will 
>>>> recreate when you restart finder.)
>>>> 
>>>> 3. Restart your MBP
>>>> 
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Ronni
>>>> 
>>>> 13-inch MacBook Air (April 2014)
>>>> 1.7GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost to 3.3GHz
>>>> 8GB 1600MHz LPDDR3 SDRAM
>>>> 512GB PCIe-based Flash Storage
>>>> 
>>>> El Capitan OS X 10.11.5
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