Yahoo mail won't push to my iphone and iPad

I also started having this problem in the same timeframe. Have heard some theorize it could be a bug in 5.1.1, but I don't really know if the timing aligns and have not substantiated this. It would be nice to see someone from Apple make an official, researched statement on whether this is an Apple or Yahoo problem.

Same problem here with mail not pushing to my iPhone but it pushes to my IPad just fine. This is very frustrating.

Glad to hear I am not the only one having this problem! I have been emailing Yahoo! Customer service for the past couple of days but they keep telling me to do the same thing ( turn push off- reset iPhone - turn push back on) or ( remove the account, reset my iPhone and add the account back). Nothing has worked!!! I have had this problem before, but Push started back working after a couple of days. I am so disappointed and frustrated! APPLE OR YAHOO! PLEASE HELP US!!!!!!!!

I have the same problem. I dont know if its from 5.1.1 update or later but is very frustrating. I have this issue on my iphone 4 and my ipad 3. ive tried all the possible "solution" but still not working. Only the solution with a dummy id or my gf id is working but with mine no. ty

Hi what is a gf id?

I have the same problems with my yahoo acount!

I am also having the same exact problem since I've updated to iOS 5.1.1. I am not 100% sure if it happened right after I've updated to the latest iOS, but it's approximately the time after I've updated my 4S. I got my Yahoo mails being pushed to my devices about twice a day, it's more like fetching rather than pushing. Push emails are very important to me, and I'm so frustrated now. I hope Apple could figure the problem out and solve it a.s.a.p.. By the way, I think this problem is global, I'm from Malaysia.

hi

i have the same problems push not working im in FRANCE

This is incredible One day it works . And overnight not works !!

this is not normal yahoo should solve this problem

especially as it always works

Girlfriend id :)

I am in Australia and I notice this problem before I upgraded to 5.1.1. Now sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. I have changed the settings to fetch every 15 minutes and this works at times. I found out that before I changed the settings to fetch every 15 minutes it was on manual but it was working when the problem has not started yet. Now manual doesn't do the job and only if it is set to fetch every 15 minutes. Also my problem is not just with Yahoo mail but also with my ISP provided email address. So I guess it can't just be a problem on Yahoo's end. I also set the Yahoo mail to fetch and it at times does pushes the mail rather than simply fetches. I don't know what's going on.

The following accounts/account type support push access.

Yahoo

Apple iCloud

Exchange

Does your ISP support accessing the account as an Exchange account or as an IMAP account that supports push access?

If not, push access does not apply to the account - Fetch only.

Allan Sampson wrote:

The following accounts/account type support push access.

Yahoo

Apple iCloud

Exchange

Does your ISP support accessing the account as an Exchange account or as an IMAP account that supports push access?

If not, push access does not apply to the account - Fetch only.

Well now I noticed since this problem started my emails to my ISP email address gets pushed as well but only sometimes. In the settings there is no option to tick "push" for this ISP email address. Only the option for "fetch" and "manual" so this is odd. It never pushed any emails from this email address before this whole problem started. BTW does "push" means pushing the email notifications to the lock screen? That is my understanding of what "push" means because that is what it does to my Yahoo emails and ISP provided emails now but only when "it feels like it" meaning sometimes it does it sometimes it doesn't.

Your ISP email account does not support push access as already provided. If the account supported push access, there would be a setting available to turn push access on/off for the account.

No, that is not what push access means.

Push access means when a new emal is received at the incoming mail server for the account, the incoming mail server pushes the email out without the email client used to access the account having to automatically or manually check the account for new messages, which is fetch. Your ISP email account does not support push. More than likely the account is an antiquated POP account.

This is a Yahoo problem, which is not true push access anyway - pseudo push access.

So if that is the real meaning of push then for all practical purposes on the phone's operation for the phone user's convenience there is no difference between push and fetch as bot will mean that when incoming emails arrived either push or fetch will allow the email to be notified on the lock screen. Is this correct? The push and fetch difference only operates on tyhe technical side that doesn't apply to how the emails are managed on the phone allowing the phone user any less function whilst using the phone. Push and fetch are just technical jargons then.

Here is a recent update from my contact with yahoo (as of 5/29/12):

Hello ,

Thank you for contacting Yahoo! Mail.

I appreciate your reply. I would like to reassure you that our engineering team is investigating this issue and we are doing our best to have a resolution in place as soon as possible. Unfortunately, at this time we are unable to offer you an estimate as to when this issue will be resolved.

If you need any further assistance, please feel free to contact us again, and we'll be glad to help.

Thank you again for contacting Yahoo! Mail.

Regards,

Not much help!!!