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my iphone 5 iOS 7.1.2 has recently stopped receiving or sending emails. message "Cannot get mail. The connection to the server failed"?

My iPhone 5 running iOS 7.1.2 has recently stopped sending and receiving emails. I was getting a message to enter the passwaord for the Account account"(null)". Now I just get a message that The connection to the server failed. Help!

Posted on Jul 13, 2014 9:25 PM

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Jul 16, 2014 7:11 PM in response to Taffy12gwen

I had the exact same problem for the last two days. I deleted my account on my iPhone, but it would still say the user/password were incorrect and the server connection failed when trying to add it back. I tried to log on through the browser but I would get the same error message. I clicked on "I forgot my password" and reset it to the exact same password I already had. This allowed me into my email. I was then able to successfully add the email account back to my phone.

my iphone 5 iOS 7.1.2 has recently stopped receiving or sending emails. message "Cannot get mail. The connection to the server failed"?

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