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Yahoo! push email for iPhone not pushing for some users
Several readers are reporting an issue where Yahoo! email accounts do not push messages to the iPhone.
Yahoo! Mail accounts are the only type of accounts currently accessible by the iPhone that offer push services. This, in theory, means that you will be instantly notified when a new message lands in your Yahoo! account mailbox. The service works by routing email through imap.apple.mail.yahoo.com, a mail server designated specifically for the iPhone by Yahoo!. Other IMAP and POP accounts accessed by the iPhone must rely on time-interval checking (ranging from every 15 minutes to every hour, toggled in the Mail pane of Settings) or manual checking.
Push mail is supposed be offered with free Yahoo! mail accounts.
However, Yahoo! mail is not "pushing" for some, only appearing in the inbox when the user manually checks, or during a time-interval checks.
There are a few potential workarounds for this issue:
Reset the iPhone Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button at the same time for at least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
Delete then recreate account Go to the Settings application, tap Mail then tap your Yahoo! account and tap Delete Acount. Then go back to the Mail pane of Settings and re-establish your Yahoo! account. You may need to reset your iPhone again after doing this.
Create an all-new account In some cases, the only option is to create an entirely new Yahoo! account at mail.yahoo.com. Some accounts don't, for whatever reason, appear to be working properly with push services.
Feedback? info@iphoneatlas.com.
I have a Yahoo mail account that goes back maybe 20 years. It does NOT do push email on a reliable basis. Based upon the article above, I created a new account and still do not get push email. I have tried all the "fixes" people have mentioned but none work.
Is this an issue with the iPhone or Yahoo????
Don't just "disable" them, delete them.
It's a lame fix, but it worked for me.
Delete your Y! Mail Account.
Turn off and then turn on iPhone.
Add your Account.
Turn iPhone off.
Go to your Computer and log out of your Y! Mail. Log back in.
Turn iPhone on.
I did all of the above and after trying may other options, it's finally working. Not sure of what part of the above that fixed the problem but do all this and it should work!
Can it make any difference that I use @ymail.com and not @yahoo.com?
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November 6, 2009 12:06 PM PST
- Mine will work fine for some time, then just stops. I turn push off then back on or reset the network setting and it will start working again. I am no expert, but sounds like an Apple problem to me. Apple just doesn't seem to admit it. I have spent countless hours on the phone with them with no PERMANENT resolution. GRRRR! My wife's Blackberry gets her mail all the time every time.
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