iphone 7 plus shows multiple copies of email!

[pinky62]

hI I RECENTLY purchased an iphone 7 I am having initially no problem bu post some update having problem with emails. Same email keeps getting sent a number of times. Someone at another forum suggested to delete reboot and add account again but that did not resolve the issue. Pls help!

[kyteflyer]

Try turning off push. I get that sometimes on all my iphones, its annoying.

I haven't had that specific problem, but I do occasionally have issues with mail reaching all of my iThingies. I have a MacBook Pro, an iPhone 7, an iPad Pro 9.7 and some older devices which mostly collect dust. Sometimes certain mail won't make it to some devices, even though it is set up to propagate to all of them.

[pinky62]

Hi kyteflyer I have now changed setting to fetch , hoping it works will post if it works .TIA

[HarryT]

Does your mail provider have an app? I use Gmail, and find that the Gmail app works far better than the iPhone's built-in mail app.

[David Munch]

If your email provider supports both IMAP and POP3, you can try the other setup.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by David Munch

If your email provider supports both IMAP and POP3, you can try the other setup.

IMAP is generally more reliable if the mail provider supports it. From the symptoms, the mail server isn't receiving the notification from the mail client that the message has been successfully delivered, and hence is sending it multiple times.

The email provider service can definitely be the issue. I use GoDaddy, or as I call the, GoCrappy. As soon as my contract expires I will be finding another web host and email provider as their services are really bad. So perhaps your email provider service is screwing things up with their servers.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by jswinden

The email provider service can definitely be the issue. I use GoDaddy, or as I call the, GoCrappy. As soon as my contract expires I will be finding another web host and email provider as their services are really bad. So perhaps your email provider service is screwing things up with their servers.

I use GoDaddy as well, but I have it configured to forward all my mail to my gmail account. As you say, GD's mail servers are pretty bad, but their forwarding service works fine.

Originally Posted by HarryT

I use GoDaddy as well, but I have it configured to forward all my mail to my gmail account. As you say, GD's mail servers are pretty bad, but their forwarding service works fine.

I could do that except I refuse to deal with the devil--Google. Google loves to sell your info to anyone who has the money. And their security is pretty bad.

And on cue with my previous post, this just in: Massive Phishing Attack Targets Millions of Gmail Users

An unusually sophisticated identity phishing campaign appeared to target Google's roughly 1 billion Gmail users worldwide, seeking to gain control of their entire email histories and spread itself to all of their contacts, Google confirmed Wednesday.

Bleep Google...

[pinky62]

After trying all options offered by you guys i have finally downloaded the gmail app hoping it stops these multiple copies will inform about results thanks.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by jswinden

And on cue with my previous post, this just in: Massive Phishing Attack Targets Millions of Gmail Users

Bleep Google...

I really don't see how Google can be held to blame for a phishing attack on their systems. They appear to have dealt with this one promptly and efficiently.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by pinky62

After trying all options offered by you guys i have finally downloaded the gmail app hoping it stops these multiple copies will inform about results thanks.

As I said in an earlier post, the Gmail app works very well indeed for me. I far prefer it to the built-in iPhone mail app, and I've never experienced any issues of duplicate mail with it.