iOS 18 bug with the mail app

After updating to iOS 18, the mail app filters (flagged emails and unread emails filters) no longer work properly. If you choose to activate any -or both- of those filters, your aggregate inbox (where you see all the inboxes of all your email accounts combined into one inbox) shows up as empty (see attached screenshot) regardless of having unread and/or flagged emails, those will no longer show up at all. In my case there are 100s of flagged emails in all my

inboxes and several unread as well, but none of those appear as soon as you activate the email filters. So the only way to see unread and/or flagged emails after updating to iOS 18 is to have the flagged and unread email filters de activated.

iPhone 15 Pro Max

Posted on Sep 19, 2024 3:37 PM

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Posted on Sep 20, 2024 2:19 PM

I discovered the bug with iOS mail app under iOS 18….(is Apple listening?)….as long as your have no more than 10 email accounts, the combined inbox functions properly, meaning that flagged and unread emails appear as expected, as soon as you add one more (the 11th) email account the combined inbox shows up as empty when you activate the flagged and unread emails filters


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Dec 17, 2024 4:00 AM in response to zach1821

I have multiple email accounts. Only one in the list view shows a number of unread emails. The app shows a different number so now I have to click on each email to see if it has unread emails, where it should be showing a number of unread, if there are unread. Major bug with this new update. Needs to be figured out and fixed swiftly.

Feb 28, 2025 6:04 AM in response to zach1821

The love/hate relationship never ends. I agree. Stop thinking we need a better mouse trap. Things are pretty good. Thinking this will make us all more efficient is crazy thinking. When something is not broken it doesn't need to be "improved" or fixed. It was all just fine. Just tune it up, fix any bugs but stop with the needless "improvements." They are not improvements they become impediments when we are used to how things work and operate.

Feb 28, 2025 6:44 AM in response to HandyBoyfriend

HandyBoyfriend wrote:

The love/hate relationship never ends. I agree. Stop thinking we need a better mouse trap. Things are pretty good. Thinking this will make us all more efficient is crazy thinking. When something is not broken it doesn't need to be "improved" or fixed. It was all just fine. Just tune it up, fix any bugs but stop with the needless "improvements." They are not improvements they become impediments when we are used to how things work and operate.

Why should I stop thinking the Mail app needs to improve? I've never really liked it. The changes made with iOS 18 make it passably useful but it still has a long way to go. I hope Apple keeps improving it. Not everyone has the same needs and preferences that you do.

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