After I set my iPad 2 to display 1,000 emails, I went to press 'Load more messages' in the Mail app. After loading, my sent and draft mail folders were wiped out without a trace. Does anyone know how to rectify this issue? I have very important information in those folders.
iPad 2, iOS 5.0.1
I'm not sure that all of the messages will come back at first - but you can get the folders back this way - send yourself an email and the sent folder will appear. Type a draft email to yourself and save it and that folder should come back as well.
I have done this a couple of times in my POP account after restoring my device. After you get the folders back - then you can try the "load more messages" again.
You may have to back out of mail and then come back in, but the folders should reappear.
I'm not sure that all of the messages will come back at first - but you can get the folders back this way - send yourself an email and the sent folder will appear. Type a draft email to yourself and save it and that folder should come back as well.
I have done this a couple of times in my POP account after restoring my device. After you get the folders back - then you can try the "load more messages" again.
You may have to back out of mail and then come back in, but the folders should reappear.
Thanks Demo, but actually I already tried those - sending myself an email + saving a draft mail. The folders came back, but not the contents 😟
I can't say for sure that this will work either, but when I run into issues like this, I just start toggling the settings - maybe set to show 500 messages then go back to mail and see if the download more messages comes back. Maybe turn the accounts off and then on again. I
could not get my email to load at all today - 4 different email accounts and all 4 seemed to shut down at once. I just kept turning mail off and on and restarted the device a couple of times and then it worked - all 4 accounts started loading mail again.
Sometimes, just restarting the iPad or resetting it can make things come back as well. Have you tried restarting or resetting? By resetting I mean hold the sleep and home buttons down until the Apple logo appears.
Sent and draft mail folders on Mail app disappeared
