Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Gmail for iOS bug may have caused users to accidentally remove messages

<p>By Shane Cole Google on Wednesday began notifying some users of Gmail's first-party iOS app that they may have inadvertently removed messages they intended to keep thanks to a now-rectified software error.</p><p>Users' actions such as deleting a message or marking a message as spam may have been applied to a message other than the one they were viewing, according to a notification displayed in the Gmail iOS app and reported by The Verge. The bug was active between Jan. 15 and Jan. 22.</p><p>The issue could have also impacted those who used mobile browsers or the offline version of Gmail during that time, Google says.</p><p>Google is prompting those who may have been affected to review their Gmail trash and spam folders before Feb. 14 to ensure no accidentally-moved messages are lost. Gmail's standard retention policy for messages in those folders is 30 days.</p><p><a href="http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/01/29/gmail-for-ios-bug-may-have-caused-users-to-accidentally-remove-messages">Keep reading...</a></p>

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