No notification when receiving an email. I have tried everything obvious but with no result. Once in a blue moon I do get a sound notification! it is on and it does work, but only once a week or two weeks! any help would be appreciated.

For email, this is called Push / Fetch Settings. You may know that there are two settings (Fetch and Push Mails). What have you set? Watch the GIF below

Google, AOL, Yahoo - Only Fetch mail Option is available

iCloud, Exchange, Outlook - Both Fetch and Push Mail option is available

1. Push Mail: Whenever possible the email client will push emails to all your devices.
2. Fetch Mail: You need to set How you want it to be fetched, Automatically, Manually, Hourly, Every 30 mins, every 15 mins
   1. Automatically: will fetch when the iPhone is powered and on WiFi
   2. Manually: with fetch when you open email, open Inbox and swipe down
   3. You get an email notification as soon as the client-server receives an email and your device is connected to the internet, irrespective of whether the mail is in your device's Inbox or not

Change notification settings on iPhone

1. Go to Settings > Notifications.
2. To schedule a notifications summary, tap Scheduled Summary, then turn on Scheduled Summary. ... 
3. To choose when you want most notification previews to appear, tap Show Previews, select an option—Always, When Unlocked, or Never—then tap.

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Change notification settings on iPhone - Apple Support (IN)