iPhone mail not automatically checking for mail

Mine used to update no problem on all previous iPhones and my current 7 and iPad but suddenly decided not to work. Now updates eventually but have had to install other email apps to ensure I get all my mail now. Seems to like only my hotmail account. Would love to get it working properly again. Can some one tell me what has gone wrong becasue I can't get my iCloud email any more

What account are you using?

In mail, contacts and calenders make sure your 'fetch new data' has push turned on. This makes the emails from the server pushed to your phone rather than pulling them down when you open the mail app.

That doesn't have anything to do with it.

What you mean it has nothing to do with it.

You can do a search on the forum and see that some users are having problem with push notification with Yahoo. Which is the reason I ask what account he was using.

Genius of Apple wrote:

That doesn't have anything to do with it.

Well Mr. Genius, it has everything to do with it. Yahoo! mail is having problems with Push notifications, and GMail does not support Push, unless you set it up as an Exchange account.

I know it is a bit late but here the solution I found.

1. in settings go to email, contacts, calendar.

2. choose "fetch Data" and here you are able to turn push on and off.

3. Underneath you can select how often you want the iphone to get mails automatically

4. at the bottom it says "advanced" - here you can set the options for each account whether they should get mails or be pushed.

I am sure you already have figured out how to do it, but this answer might be helpful to future searchers.

OMG thank you so much!!!! After a long time I finely got the solution thanks to you!! 🙂

All these years later and your reply is still helpful. Thank you!!!!