Tiny font using mail in iOS 10

After updating to iOS10, the font in the body of emails is really small, too small to read. I have to zoom in, but then I have to scroll left and right to read each line. Anyone else have this problem?

Posted on Sep 15, 2016 9:00 AM

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May 19, 2017 10:25 AM in response to Mr. Luigi

We are an IBM Notes shop (not Exchange) with this issue. That said, Notes uses Activesync for this, just like Exchange.


We use Airwatch as our MDM.


I will add that the same email (with a large image or table, and then tiny font) sent to my gmail address shows fine on my iPhone. It only gets messed up through my corporate mail system.


This seems to be focused on Activesync shops using native iOS mail. Many companies use container-based apps (like Good) so that is probably why you don't hear more on this.

Jun 17, 2017 6:13 AM in response to Rob Broadbent

I've confirmed that this happens when a screenshot, photo, or other outside material is pasted in the body of the email. I haven't tested it but anecdotally it seems to occur only from other Outlook Exchange servers. What annoys me most; is that Apple tech support keeps claimimg that no one else has reported it. The woman with whom I spoke told me to contact my employer to ask that they change the Outlook settings and that it's not an iOS issue.

Jun 17, 2017 8:43 PM in response to TechCurious40

Wow - I can confirm (working as the Sr Executive Assistant to the CIO of my company which has over 12,000 employees worldwide) that whomever you spoke to at Apple can continue smoking crack if she thinks that's going to happen in real life.

This is an actual known issue but Apple simply chooses not to address it. Period.

No wonder Apple saw their sales fall for the first time last quarter.

Jun 28, 2017 6:56 PM in response to vincemomo

🙋-1F3FC;♂ I downloaded iOS 11 public beta last night on my iPad and unfortunately, no, the issue still persists. In my testing, I have found these two email clients have no "tiny text" problems with emails from Exchange.


-Newton

-Outlook for iOS


These clients seem to have the same issues as the native app


-Spark

-Airmail

-Boxer



Not sure why two apps can resolve the issue but the other 4 cannot.

Jun 29, 2017 5:58 AM in response to ibefarb

I have tried then all on my iPhone 7 plus and only outlook works (plus Newton is crazy expensive). I had created my own discussion on this and was attacked buy multiple fanboys and girls who told me since they didn't have this problem that it's either a)not a big deal b)very few people are affected and c) that I should stop trying to complain since they use it fine and haver been using for x amount of years.


So I'm done. If this bs persists I'm going back to Android. I love the notifications on this... But if I can't read the email... What good is that

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