IOS 18.2 email now working with my IMAP Mail service

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In Apple iOS 18.2 Apple mail, those are used for some reason nobody understands when Mail uses IMAP. See Mail cannot function in IOS 18.2 if iClou… - Apple Community

Will hopefully be fixed in 18.3 because this is extremely annoying.

A little more context for the doubters. I have 3 email addresses on the same server (Aplus). Two addresses work and one doesn't. It connects to the same Aplus server just fine (so nothing wrong with passwords or SSL settings) but refuses to populate the IMAP folders of that one address.

I've deleted and added addresses in various orders and wiped my iPad completely and reinstalled iOS 18.2 for yucks and it's broken as well in the same fashion.

All addresses fine in Outlook on PC and iOS, at home and outside Wi-Fi networks, and on cellular.

Definitely broken on iOS Mail. If Apple has gotten strict about some attribute of IMAP protocols, they've really caused some headaches.

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You said the 18.2 update fixed it but that is odd because there is absolutely no mention of Apple having done anything to the Mail app. About iOS 18 Updates It seems more likely it was something else, possibly even at your email provider's end of things.

crossleman wrote:

Believe me, I have tried everything. IMAP worked in all previous iOS versions, it doesn't now. This is an Apple bug. It works just fine on PCs.

What makes troubleshooting difficult here is that, for most people, it works just fine on their iPhones, too. So it is likely that it is not an iOS bug (or it is obscure and caused by fairly unusual situations) and that it will not be fixed by subsequent updates.

This particular problem is an iOS update problem. How do I know this? Because my emails were working fine the minute before I updated and the minute after I updated I stopped getting emails. Plus, I’m not the only one there are literally millions of people with the same problem.

Believe me, I have tried everything. IMAP worked in all previous iOS versions, it doesn't now. This is an Apple bug. It works just fine on PCs.

Installed ios18.2.1 on Jan 20 2025 and have not received any emails to date. Is there a real fix for this version?