Problems with mail in iOS 9

It has to not only still be on the server, it has to be on the server, in the inbox, and you have to be connected!

The iOS9 mail app does not store the mail properly on the device, especially any images & often even just plain text, so you have to keep your server-inbox all cluttered up with anything you might want to read later, even if it's just "later today". IOW it is no longer the d/l & read off-line mail client we have been using for years.

This started with iOS9, so it's something somebody did/botched in the coding.

If it was bad coding it would affect every user, and it doesn't affect every user.

fogey22, I would check out this thread. It has almost 97,000 views and more people discussing the issue.

jana-cetecea wrote:

fogey22, I would check out this thread. It has almost 97,000 views and more people discussing the issue.

That means that someone looked at the thread 97,000 times. It means nothing with regard to any problem or issue with the product.

Thanks for stating the obvious Philly_Phan. Don't know what we'd do without you!

Doesn't work either.

I don't know what the "archive" folder is supposed to be in POP, but it doesn't do anything more than the inbox does.

And it's only there if I've done settings-mail-move deleted messages to...trash/archive; then an archive folder appears, but I have to then go back to sending deleted messages to trash or I can't just *delete* something.

Whatever Apple did in iOS-9 they screwed up the mail app, which was working just fine for years.

You were right mariotheplumber, I was dreaming. The server issue is back! Bye Apple Mail, welcome Windows Live Mail.

My feedback to Apple:

Ever since upgrading to iOS 9 my ipad has become sluggish, I experience full system freezes and crashes and my email gives me this message: "message not yet downloaded from server".

Apple I have been a loyal customer for 20 years but this is truly unacceptable. FIX THIS!!!!!!

quidam - truly sorry to hear that your problems are back.

Let's be clear though - this is not a server issue! The issue lies squarely with some devices that have IOS9> installed.

Fingers crossed that Apple are listening to the how ever many of their customers that are complaining and come up with a fix soon. Meanwhile, customers who are experiencing issues with "Problems with Mail in iOS 9" continue to employ workaround fixes.

Hi - Assume this is why your last post isn't showing:

Yes mariotheplumber, LOL, I had no idea. I kind of laughed when I got the email saying it was deleted. It was the most vague post ever, but I guess you can't post anything at all. Lesson learned. At least I get emails of the posts, that one guy's post (that was deleted) was pretty helpful.

Hello everybody, I´m writing from Germany!

I work with iOS 9.2 Beta since Saturday, 07/11/15! It seems that this issue is fixed in this beta version, although Apple does not describe this explicitly (as if
nothing had happened)! All emails incl. attachments (downloaded with POP) are still present and legible, regardless of which folder they have been moved in (archive, trash, etc.). Search functions also work properly. The old e-mails unfortunately are gone over forever. So who does not want to wait for the new official iOS, in my opinion can try it with iOS 9.2 beta, if you can obtain it (had read that you are not able to get it in Australia for example).

Good luck! 😉

gunsch66

Thanks for this new info - sounds really promising.

Can you confirm that locally downloaded/stored email messages, including graphic and/or attachment content, remains visible and accessible whithin the email application while the network connection is either diisabled or otherwise unavailable (i.e., totally off-line)? Similarly, whilst no connection to the mail server is available, do messages remain visible after completely closing the email application and restarting it?

IF the answer is yes in both cases, then the problem may have been resolved.