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Mail keeps asking for iCloud password ( iOS 5)

I cant get email because mail keeps stopping and asking for password. (Obviously I have entered it)


I've set up an email called sampleemail@me.com and it list both it and icloud in the inboxes

iPhone 3GS

Posted on Oct 13, 2011 7:13 AM

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Oct 13, 2011 7:56 AM in response to theflb

This is happening to countless people right now. It seems that some (not all) of the IMAP servers Apple uses for mail services do not have the correct iCloud password for the user, which causes Mail on the iPhone/iPad/iTouch and the Mac OS X Mail application to frequently throw errors about a password being incorrect (when in fact it is not).


I can verify my password in the iCloud set up screen in iOS, but the Mail application still throws errors.


I am sure Apple is working on this, but please do reply to this thread so they know the scope and grand impact this is having on users.

Oct 13, 2011 9:34 AM in response to theflb

A duh. Apple introduced a new service, a new iOS, an update to OS X, and there's some 60 million plus iPhone users globally, plus a few tens of millions of iPad users, plus all the millions of Mac users all trying to upgrade all their stuff at the same time. You think that doesn't put a load on the servers and create a few hiccups along the way? Once the load starts to subside and Apple works out the remaining kinks it will be fine. You're just gonna have to be patient. Not many corporations could hope to roll out an update to more than 100 million devices collectively in a day and not have an issue or two.

Mail keeps asking for iCloud password ( iOS 5)

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