3.0 Bug: Deleted Mail Is Still Searchable

Edward Kirk · July 10th, 2009, 04:52 PM

Macworld has stumbled on an interesting bug dealing with how your iPhone deletes (or more accurately, doesn't delete) email. If you use your iPhone for email, chances are you've deleted at least a few messages by now. What you may not know is that just because these messages are no longer accessible in the Mail app, they're not completely gone.

They're surprisingly easy to get to. If you can't remember any of the text from an email you've deleted, just type any vowel or other small amount of text ('sa' works well), and you are likely get a few email messages in the results. Chances are, you will also get an email or two that you thought you deleted permanently. Tapping on one will open it up in Mail, as if it had never been deleted, but if you navigate from there to the inbox, there will be no trace of it.

While you might suspect these messages to still be in the Trash or on the IMAP server, neither is what is true. The only possible answer is that these messages haven't been fully deleted from the device.

It is hoped that Apple will fix this in 3.1, as it could be a minor security risk.

[via Macworld]

foamysking · July 10th, 2009, 05:24 PM #2

this is a pain espically with spam emails that hit your iphone. i have found that after you fill the iphone the files seem to be gone but the only guarantee is a restore
also turning off the searching of mail fixes it but then you cant search mail

wizdomseeker · July 11th, 2009, 10:58 PM

In 4.0 it'll find email you haven't received yet.

Golf11 · July 12th, 2009, 10:53 AM #4

Funny how things get broken and no one notices during the beta phase. Speaking of 3.0 mail bugs...when you send a pic via email from your iphone, it doesn't sync with mobileme and you're not able to access it on your desktop or the website's sent folder; it does show in the sent folder of the iphone.

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Edward Kirk WrAdminterizer Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Illinois, USA Posts: 3,085 Thanks: 19 Thanked 26 Times in 25 Posts	3.0 Bug: Deleted Mail Is Still Searchable - July 10th, 2009, 04:52 PM #1
	<script language="JavaScript" src="http://adserver1.backbeatmedia.com/servlet/ajrotator/13894/222/viewJScript?pool=13886&type=3158&pos=20&zone=5000"></script> Macworld has stumbled on an interesting bug dealing with how your iPhone deletes (or more accurately, doesn't delete) email. If you use your iPhone for email, chances are you've deleted at least a few messages by now. What you may not know is that just because these messages are no longer accessible in the Mail app, they're not completely gone. They're surprisingly easy to get to. If you can't remember any of the text from an email you've deleted, just type any vowel or other small amount of text ('sa' works well), and you are likely get a few email messages in the results. Chances are, you will also get an email or two that you thought you deleted permanently. Tapping on one will open it up in Mail, as if it had never been deleted, but if you navigate from there to the inbox, there will be no trace of it. While you might suspect these messages to still be in the Trash or on the IMAP server, neither is what is true. The only possible answer is that these messages haven't been fully deleted from the device. It is hoped that Apple will fix this in 3.1, as it could be a minor security risk. [via Macworld] __________________ About my iPhone: iPhone & Color: iPhone 3G 16GB White iPhone Version: 3.0 Computer & OS: MacBook Pro 15", Mac OS X 10.5.4 Twitter

foamysking Forum Ninja Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: midwest Posts: 126 Thanks: 2 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	July 10th, 2009, 05:24 PM #2
	this is a pain espically with spam emails that hit your iphone. i have found that after you fill the iphone the files seem to be gone but the only guarantee is a restore also turning off the searching of mail fixes it but then you cant search mail __________________ About my iPhone: iPhone & Color: 8gb iphone 3g iPhone Version: 3.1 Computer & OS: lepoard, xp, vista, win 7 http://www.iphonehelper.net Last edited by foamysking; July 11th, 2009 at 12:53 PM. Reason: new info

wizdomseeker New Recruit Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 20 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	that's some powerful searching ability - July 11th, 2009, 10:58 PM #3
	In 4.0 it'll find email you haven't received yet.

Golf11 Forum Lurker Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	July 12th, 2009, 10:53 AM #4
	Funny how things get broken and no one notices during the beta phase. Speaking of 3.0 mail bugs...when you send a pic via email from your iphone, it doesn't sync with mobileme and you're not able to access it on your desktop or the website's sent folder; it does show in the sent folder of the iphone.