iPad Mail Troubles - Saved Drafts Disappear, Sent Mail Doesn't Show

Despite reading through and trying all of the post suggestions.
When I go into my ipad mini, mailboxes, scroll down to accounts, after taping on either of my
separate (personal) outlook or (work) outlook web app accounts, my Inbox,
Drafts, Sent, Junk etc. appear, but when I tap Draft, although I can see all my
previously saved list of drafts, I cannot open (to continue editing) all of the
drafts, only some of the drafts open (to continue editing) but some will not
open to continue editing, why is this?

I have a similar problems. I found out that my outgoing smtp had the wrong password. I changed the password to the right one and it is working fine. I forgot I had changed such password and had only changed it in the ingoing email.

Now the problem is that all the emails I sent never left but can't find them anywhere. The question is are they all deleted or store somewhere. At least outlook always keep such emails and we can Send all of them.

BebLo, I thought I should let you know that your reply is the only place on the whole **** internet where this brilliant fix is to be found.

Basically, yes, amazingly, there is the intuitive draft folder that you select from among the mailbox folders, which will have some drafts in it; and then there is this 'other' expanded draft folder that you access by holding the Compose button which contains all of the above *plus* all of your missing vanished drafts in case you were confronted with the vanishing draft phenomenon.

Incredible. One year and a half has passed since your post above, we are now well beyond iOS 9, and this problem still exists.

It gets worse, for me at least. I didn't read your full message in its entirety, and having found the missing drafts, I simply clicked send without copying the content in the clipboard. The email appeared to leave but went into a black hole. It never arrived, it's not in the draft or sent folders. So my joy was short lived and my email is now lost forever. I am so mad at not having copied it in the clipboard in the brief moments after I had recovered it using your suggestion.

THANKS! This helped me as well, I normally use my gmail account to send (and it's set as my default iOS mail account) but I could never find SAVED DRAFTS (after clicking cancel , then SAVE DRAFT)

I would go to the mail folders menu in iOS mail, and there was even a Drafts folder under my main gmail account but it only had drafts from my gmail account (i.e. The iOS mail drafts were NOT ever in this folder , nor in any other of my accounts drafts folder nor any other folders at all, { yes, I went through ever folder looking for drafts})

I HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD THOUGH / AN ADDITIONAL , FURTHER FIX that may help others and def. helped me:

Once I went to settings then accounts, I went to my Gmail account and simply changed its name (I added a "_" to the front of the name). After doing this once I went back to the iOS mail app and then the folders view, under my Gmail account there was now a drafts folder at the top of the list! (In addition to the old Drafts folder {that is part of my web based gmail account} further down the list). So after changing the name by simply one character, I have two drafts folders under my Gmail account and when I click cancel then save draft on a new message it properly appears under the newly created drafts folder at the top of the list for this Gmail account.

So if you are experiencing this same issue, try simply modifying the name of your ex ternal account, in Settings -> Accounts

Note, this entire time under my Gmail account (in setting->accounts) the setting for "save drafts to drafts folder" has always been enabled, I just assume through the various major iOS updates at some point iOS mail did not properly apply this setting/feature to my Gmail account so simply changing the name of my gmail account (again, in settings->Accounts , on the Iphone) caused iOS or iOS mail to properly apply this setting and create the drafts folder At the top of my external gmail account's folder list (in iOS mail).

After doing this I simply tested it by making a new message clicking cancel and selecting saved to drafts, and it's properly saved to the new drafts folder under my Gmail account.

I have the same problems on I pad 5 (OS 10.2). "Save draft" function deletes or loses the draft Instead of saving it to drafts. "Send draft" function deletes the draft instead of sending it. Intermittent faults both.

None of the above fixes works. I have a normal Drafts folder in a gmail account.

The last fix of changing the account name had no effect. The holding down of the Compose icon simply opens the current Drafts folder contents plus a current day's.

Need to be very careful.

Amazing this bug has not been fixed for 7 years.

I took 1 1/2 hour to write a very long email to save in draft so when I would have accesss to wifi I could send and is no longer there???I have looked everyware! and it's not the first time this has happen, but this time a am super **** Off!

Apple is less and less reliable, Why is Apple no trying to fix this?

I am having this same problem - drafts are disappearing. Any solutions to this issue yet?

I still doesn't work for me. I can't see my dissapeared emails in there still?

Worked for me! Thank you!

Thanks, will try that next time.

Oh, for goodness sake, this is not relevant advice for the problem we're describing. Please read the thread before commenting.

TThank you! That has done it. Now I can reclaim important mail. Rosemary

In the upper right hand corner, hold down on the Compose button. Hey presto, there are the drafts! I jumped for joy when I discovered this. Feel free to join me.