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Q: Search in Mail (exchange account) gives duplicate results

ok - so assume that I know a bit about what I am asking - not a POP issue - not a corrupt exchange account, etc.

 

When looking into the inbox for the account - ONLY one copy exists.

 

When going to the accounts and then inbox - ONLY one copy exists

 

When looking into the all inboxes (irrelevant for this case - but I thought I would throw it in in case something thinks that might be it) - ONLY one copy exists.

 

When searching in the inbox of the account (wether I choose all mailboxes or current mailbox) - I see two of each email.

 

When going to the accounts and then inbox and searching (wether I choose all mailboxes or current mailbox) - I see two of each email.

 

When searching in the all inboxes (wether I choose all mailboxes or current mailbox) - I see two of each email.

 

One copy is NOT in sent/deleted.

 

Even if I open (therefore removing 'unread status') all of the multiple copies the duplicates still show in search.

 

The unread counts always show just the actual email when looking at the inboxes...and always show both the 'real message' and the duplicate in the count of the searches.

 

They can both be opened - though they produce the same exact info.

 

When I click edit (from the search) - only one gets the radio button to do something with it - and only that same one can use a gesture (move/trash/more/etc).

 

When the one without the ability to be edited/deleted gets opens - the unread status of the other does NOT change (on phone or server).

 

When the one that can be edited/deleted gets removed - the duplicate remains in the search (and cannot be deleted!!!!!!!!!!!!!).

 

Personally - I never searched this way before io7 - but some of the users I support did.  There is essentially a ghosting happening here.

 

PRE-ios7 experience - the user (who has been doing this for years) needs to move all emails from his Inbox from Mr. Joe Blow into Mr. Joe Blow's folder.  previously only inbox emails were visible (first issue - now the whole darn account is searched) and previously only one copy of an email was visible (second - and really important issue).  He would select all and move them.

 

Now - all of the emails from Mr. Joe Blow are duplicated - and he has to scroll through a mountain in order to select the ones he wants to move.  The ghosted emails do not go away - not even when the 'real' email has been moved to another folder or completely deleted. 

 

So - this is irritating today - but in a month will be completely debilitating.

 

This needs to be addressed by apple ASAP!!!!!!!!!!

 

Just fyi - there is no email syncing happening - there is no gmail anything - there is no @me account duplicating - there is no other reason for the nonsense.  In case it wasn't obvious from the title - it is an exchange set up - not pop - not imap.

 

AND - it is happening on multiple phones.  THOUGHTS???????????????

iPhone 5, iOS 7

Posted on Sep 20, 2013 4:54 PM

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  • by KnightRyder,

    KnightRyder KnightRyder Feb 13, 2014 11:49 AM in response to mtnsupport
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    Feb 13, 2014 11:49 AM in response to mtnsupport

    While this is by no means a real fix...I may have at least stumbled on a way to make it less annoying (at least for my CEO).  He just doesn't like "seeing" the duplicates and then having only one radio button work makes it even worse.  But the only reason it is showing them duplicated is because he had "organize by thread" turned off in the settings/mail, contacts & calendars.  Turning that back on at least puts the "duplicates" in the search into a threaded message so it doesn't look like they are duplicated unless you go into it and then see them both.  I know this is just pushing them down a level but he has 10's of thousands of messages and the duplicates within the main search field was really annoying.  Hopefully Apple/Microsoft can fix this soon!!!!

  • by okiaer,

    okiaer okiaer Mar 6, 2014 3:16 AM in response to mtnsupport
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    Mar 6, 2014 3:16 AM in response to mtnsupport

    Hi.

    We are having the same problem. Apple, please help us.

     

    IOS 7.0.6 with Exchange server

     

    My iPhone 5 with Exchange account does not work

    The same Exchange account on my iPad 4 is working fine.

    My CEOs Exchange account does not work on his iPad

  • by Poppy-seed,

    Poppy-seed Poppy-seed Mar 14, 2014 7:59 AM in response to mtnsupport
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    Mar 14, 2014 7:59 AM in response to mtnsupport

    This is also an issue on my iPad. I search for a subject or sender. I get a list of emails, I click edit to select and trash, and each time I select one it shows as having selected two. However for me it isn't a thread issue, there really is just one email, as the original poster indicated. What's worse is I select them all, mark for trash, and they don't even get trashed!

     

    This is ridiculous! 6 months after posting, and they still haven't fixed it. I just updated to the latest hoping maybe it had finally been fixed.

     

    It's beyond frustrating, it's broken. You'd think they'd spend time fixing this over changing the font colours.

  • by Supporttree.co.uk,

    Supporttree.co.uk Supporttree.co.uk Mar 26, 2014 11:32 AM in response to mtnsupport
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    Mar 26, 2014 11:32 AM in response to mtnsupport

    We're an MSP based in London and have happily advised customers that iPhone works for enterprise. However, how they have handled (or rather not handled) this search problem which is effecting their corporate clients has raised some serious doubts for me and the future direction of Apple iPhone.

     

    Apple - sort out your support and get this fixed. Android is more than suitable as a replacement and now we are all being forced to look at our options

  • by blakhaddad,

    blakhaddad blakhaddad May 14, 2014 5:25 AM in response to mtnsupport
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    May 14, 2014 5:25 AM in response to mtnsupport

    Same issue here! Apple please help. Coming from blackberry, this issue is unacceptable !

  • by dmitrypro,

    dmitrypro dmitrypro Sep 23, 2014 8:23 AM in response to blakhaddad
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    Sep 23, 2014 8:23 AM in response to blakhaddad

    Exchange 2010. iOS 8 - same problem. iOS 7 - same problem. iOS 6.1 - no problems! Why?!

    Apple, why so?!

  • by eladcdm,

    eladcdm eladcdm Oct 7, 2014 8:34 AM in response to mtnsupport
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    Oct 7, 2014 8:34 AM in response to mtnsupport

    I have the same problem,

     

    After reading a lot and trying a lots of ides the thing that fix the problem for me. (it's not really a fix, it's more a work around)

    Go to settings  -> mail, contacts, calendars  under "mail" turn on the last option "Organize By Thread"

     

    Let me know if it's work for others as well.

  • by waynefromcypress,

    waynefromcypress waynefromcypress Oct 17, 2014 8:57 AM in response to eladcdm
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    Oct 17, 2014 8:57 AM in response to eladcdm

    Trying to keep this topic relevant as the issue is ongoing.  mildly annoying - but annoying none the less...

  • by Anares,

    Anares Anares Oct 30, 2014 2:01 AM in response to mtnsupport
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    Oct 30, 2014 2:01 AM in response to mtnsupport

    Let me also join the cohort! I am having this issue on my iPhone 6 Plus with iOS 8.1, but i do not experience it on my iPad 4-th generation with the same iOS version! It is bizarre!

    I delete the account on the iPhone and set it up back, but it didn't help!

  • by geraudfrompompano beach,

    geraudfrompompano beach geraudfrompompano beach Jul 7, 2015 7:07 AM in response to Anares
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    Jul 7, 2015 7:07 AM in response to Anares

    Same here with iOS 8.4

  • by thedingbat,

    thedingbat thedingbat Jul 8, 2015 3:06 PM in response to mtnsupport
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    Jul 8, 2015 3:06 PM in response to mtnsupport

    Yup... same here. Messages show up twice in search even though there is only actually one copy of them. Kind of infuriating that such a stupid bug can exist for years and years.

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