Comments on: Suggestion Box: Is A Undelete Email Function Possible?

By: haephaestus

haephaestus — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 03:40:56 +0000

I tend to agree with the gmail delete-only-on-handheld methodology. If I really needed to get back a copy of the email, gmail isn’t hard to get to at all. I would be hesitant about having yet another chunk of my handheld memory devoted to caching old email that I truly wanted to not see ever again. If there were a developer out there who wants to tackle this, I would suggest using the microSD card for the cache.

Cheers!

By: Pandu

Pandu — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:58:50 +0000

It’s quite easy to log into gmail on the blackberry using either a browser or the gmail app. More features is generally good, but this doesn’t seem like it should be a priority for BIS users. Maybe for BES?

By: David B

David B — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:44:53 +0000

I believe the point was “how many times I have deleted emails I really needed on the road with no way to recover them until I got to a desktop”. He knows he can log into the web and see the deleted email, but that’s not desirable in many situations. I too would like some sort of email undelete feature at the device. The lack of such a capability is why I lose productivity now because with my fat fingers i MUST keep the option enabled to always prompt before deleting. Can’t afford the risk of deleting something important and having no way to restore it even at the desktop (if you have synchronize enabled in BIS for that account).

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:49:02 +0000

Won’t this be possible in SP5 via Remote Search and Retrieval?

By: Pandu

Pandu — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:59:53 +0000

With gmail if you delete an email on your phone it remains in your webmail inbox. If you need a deleted email, just login to webmail and get it. I believe it’s a configurable but default option.

By: Ronen Halevy

Ronen Halevy — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 03:49:15 +0000

I 100% agree. I cant count how many times that undo function has saved my ass!

By: Luciano ES

Luciano ES — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 02:54:24 +0000

If you set up a Gmail account, you can have something similar. Whenever you try to delete a message, a pop-up box will ask you whether to delete it just in the device or in the remote mailbox too. And I’m not talking about IMAP.
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Sure, it amounts to the same as configuring your BB to confirm every deletion, but at least that pop-up box always defaults to your last choice, unlike all other Blackberry confirmation boxes that always default to “Cancel”. :-\