Accidentally deleted email draft iOS 17.4.1, iPhone 13
After completing a long email I decided to cancel sending and save it to drafts and read through it again later, before sending. Accidentally I hit 'delete draft', and when I attempted to retrieve it from the bin (trash), it isn't there.
A previous answer to this same question, posted in Dec 13 2022 states:
"Anything that's deleted goes to the trash, so go into the trash in your email and see if the draft is still there. If it has been deleted from the trash then there won't be any way to recover it."
I did not delete it from the trash, and it seems an iOS programming oversight that a deleted draft is instantly permanently deleted, without that safety net.
The email protocol I am using is POP3, not IMAP. I've just tested the actions again, and the same result - the email is removed permanently, without going into the trash folder.
If anyone can help with this, I thank you in advance!
iPhone 13 mini, iOS 17