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IMAP support broken in iOS 7?

I am having issues with my IMAP accounts after upgrading to iOS 7. Changes to my Inbox done on other IMAP clients are not properly reflected on the iPhone anymore, e.g. deleted mails or moved mails are still visible on the iPhone. I could not find a way to force a refresh of the Inbox, but the only way to get in sync again with the IMAP server is to delete the account and then add it again.


Anybody else experiencing a similar issue? Is there a workaround for this problem?

iPhone 4S, iOS 7

Posted on Sep 19, 2013 2:40 PM

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Sep 20, 2013 4:29 AM in response to goligo

I had the similar problem after installing iOS 7 to my iPad. Whenever I Trashed a mail, it re-appeared wihtin seconds. I tired several settings, but the problem appears to be a bug in IMAP support. Finally I deleted my mail account and re-started the same accout as POP instaed of IMAP, and everything appears to working properly again.

Sep 22, 2013 10:21 AM in response to goligo

I am also having the smae issue, where mail won't download messages from my IMAP email server. I am having this issue on both my brand new iPhone 5s and my iPad2 which I just updated to iOS 7. If I delete and re-create the account it works for a while and then stops.


I talked to apple support and they had no information other than to try restoring my devices and not using a bcakup and see what happens. I guess now it is just a waiting game. I did reference this thread in my conversation with support but they tryied to insis that the issue was not with iOS.

IMAP support broken in iOS 7?

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