Mail is still not downloading in the background in iOS 18.3.
I had a similar experience to you. At first it didn't appear to be working as I received a couple emails on my Mac that didn't seem to come through on my iOS devices, but as I went on with my day I started get mail notifications on both my iPhone and iPad without having the app open or being hooked up to a charger. Hopefully this is a good sign. Funny how strange email notifications are after not receiving them for 4 months.I may have spoke too soon. Originally after updating to iOS 18.3 mail wasn’t downloading without the app open, but I just had 1 email download now without opening the mail app or charging on both my iPad and iPhone.
It may have been a fluke, but it’s a good sign.
I had a similar experience to you. At first it didn't appear to be working as I received a couple emails on my Mac that didn't seem to come through on my iOS devices, but as I went on with my day I started get mail notifications on both my iPhone and iPad without having the app open or being hooked up to a charger. Hopefully this is a good sign. Funny how strange email notifications are after not receiving them for 4 months.
My Mail appears to be fixed too on iPhone and iPad now on 18.3.For those of you that have emails in the trash set to automatically delete after X days. Is that working for you? Emails in my trash do not auto delete since iOS 18.