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A 'workaround' for no saved mail folder.

I don't sync emails but wanted a way to save emails on the iPad in a separate folder instead of the inbox.

After reading the manual (is this allowed?) I saw that I could create a "drafts" folder by doing the following:
1) Forward the email to my address, but click cancel instead of send.
2) Answer yes to the save email question.
3) A folder called drafts will be created and the email saved.

This also allows editing contents of the email.

Unfortunately, you can not 'move' emails to the drafts folder even after the folder is created, so the only way to get an email into the drafts folder is to forward it and cancel before sending.

Mike

Dell, iPad 3G, iPhone., Other OS

Posted on May 16, 2010 10:23 AM

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May 17, 2010 8:43 AM in response to Pjkopp

Probably not.

A potential problem with creating locally stored mailboxes with the iPad's Mail application is if the account needs to be deleted and recreating for some reason - all locally stored mailboxes and the messages within are lost in the process. Email account mailboxes and messages are not included with the iPhone's backup and are not included with the iTunes sync process. The same would apply when restoring an iPad with iTunes if wanted or needed. Doing so deletes and recreates all email accounts on the iPad.

POP account access is from the early "dark ages" of accessing an email account with an email client on a computer. The future is with "cloud" computing, which is what an IMAP account provides - with an option to store all account mailboxes on the server, and the ability to create additional server stored mailboxes to sort received and sent messages by category. All server stored mailboxes with an IMAP account are available automatically with each email client used to access the account along with all server stored mailboxes kept synchronized with the server automatically with each email client used to access the account.

None of this is possible with a POP account.

A 'workaround' for no saved mail folder.

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