"Cannot Get Mail - The connection to the server failed" problem SOLVED

Thanks NeoDavid, this fixed my problem. Can't go wrong with this one. 🙂

Thanks NeoDavid. This resolved my issue on iPad and Droid. Good job.

OK. I have tried the GSBTom fix with no success. I'd love to try the NeoDavid, but I almost need it step-by-step detailed out where to make these changes (in non-IT terms).

I've got an iPhone 3GS and I'm using Hotmail.

I'm geting the same error message as everyone else. Out of the blue it started on my phone, but then it worked again for a day after, and then quit working again. I've tried deleting and adding it as a new account. I tried to go back to what might have in-part caused the problem, and the only thing I had done over the weekend was to turn iCloud on and start backing up to it, but the e-mail did work after that for a couple days. I've tried a couple different Hotmail accounts to see if it was a corrupt e-mail in one account, and both accounts give me the same "Cannot Get Mail" response.

NeoDavid, can you detail out exactly how to make the changes you suggested in your initial "fix" post?

Anyone else have a differnt suggestion - in layman's terms please.

try this link https://support.google.com/mail/answer/2753077?hl=en and youll have to add the google email seperately under the option to add email

I had the same problem recenlty with my yahoo mail on the iphone 4s. I tried lots of suggestions, but finally just deleted the yahoo account and re-added it. That worked for me. 🙂

NeoDavid, thx for this most excellent tip. I was able to get my iPhone 5s sync'd up to our Exchange 2010 server.

Cannot get mail... Ipad problem

callroots

Re: "Cannot Get Mail - The connection to the server failed" problem SOLVED

Nov 2, 2010 7:39 AM (in response to GoneMobile)

_*Easy Fix for me -*_

I just went to +Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > (_your account name_)+ and then I went to the bottom and deleted my account from my iPhone. Immediately after I just added it back in and it worked.

I think it may have had something to do with the fact that I changed my password to my gmail account on my computer, and didnt do anything to the settings on my iPhone... maybe I just got lucky, but I hope this helps!

@callroots

Problem solved... Thanks!!

Tried everything in this thread without luck. Thanks for all the suggestions. Try accessing OMA from a web browser and see what you get. That's what I did and then was able to find a solution.

http://www.mountainvistatech.com/2013/12/17/iphone-and-exchange-2003-error-canno t-get-mail-the-connection-to-the-server-failed/

Hope this helps someone.

Larry

I simply deleted email accounts (not cloud) and then added them back.

Before we attempted moving all emails from Inbox to a temp folder or pst, we successful resolved "cannot connect to mail" issue by changing the "Mail Days to Sync" down to 1 day and then up'd until we go to the period in which "cannot get mail" error message came back. In our case 2 weeks of "Mail Days to Sync" was too much.

Just wanted to confirm that this fix IS right on target. I just did it too and after seeing callroots comment I realized this "cannot receieve email" alert was due to my password change from a week ago. Simply deleting the acct from my phone and then re-entering it worked perfectly. However, I bet just changing the password would work too. Anyway, THANKS!

@dumbplingdreams, Thanks for mentioning email password changes. I just updated my password on the comp. and forgot I needed to update it on my phone. Sometimes the easy fixes are the ones we overlook.

Called Verizon went to Settings>General>Reset>Reset Network Settings....phone restarted message was gone

Hi

You have to do a Second Sign-in Verification and App Passwords.

Please, follow this link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clg1xF1fsLc

I had this same problem on my iPad and iPad Mini after updating to iOS8. The given solution....delete the email accounts and re-install them was spot on. No more warning message on either iPad.