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Cub

12:39 PM on 18 August, 2009

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This has already been explained. Spotlight on the iPhone searches email on the servers, if you have left the standard options of 'Keep deleted messages for x amount of time before auto delete', then yes, the mail will still be on the server for a month after you've deleted it allowing spotlight to find it. There are numerous exceptions, provisos, and workarounds with this "problem"...

Would love to link to the explaining article but fear I may not get published if I do.

<sits back and awaits accusations of fanboy-ism>

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Gordon394

1:26 PM on 18 August, 2009

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@Cub - if you watch all the way into the video the message is deleted from the server, the email client refreshed and the email is still found on the handset by Spotlight.

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drdark

1:45 PM on 18 August, 2009

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*Sits back and raises an eyebrow just to increase the tension in the room*

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