Problems with Mail in iPad

[Edwin the Elder]

I seem to be having problems with Mail on my 3G + wi-fi 64 Gig iPad.
It will only stay open for a couple of seconds.
it then takes me back to the Home screen.
It seems to be receiving new messages, but when I delete them, they reappear in the in-box next time I launch mail.

I have shut down the iPad several times and restarted. I have synced the iPad with the Macbook. Doesn't help. Other apps seem to be working.

any advice?

 

[Akme]

Try deleting the email account(s) in Settings. If that doesn't work, you may need to do a full restore.

 

[Edwin the Elder]

thank you

I deleted my .mac account and added it back

this seems to work now

I'l try my Sympatico account next

 

[Zazoh]

I've seen this a few times on my iPhone with other apps as well. In every instance, I've deleted the app and reinstalled.

I bet buy deleting the account you are doing the same.

 

[Edwin the Elder]

Problem is back

well the fix worked for only 1 day

it's back to the original problem

moreover I'm getting a beep every 10 seconds or so - like I just received mail

I'll try deleting the account again- but any other suggestions?

 

[Edwin the Elder]

One thing I've noticed is that both times this happened - I had received a Mail Delivery System notification - e.g., mail not delivered or mail delayed

coincidence?

thanks

 

[Edwin the Elder]

interesting

I deleted and reinstalled my .mac (mobile me) account

that stopped the beeping

once it re-downloaded my mail it did not include the mail delivery message (thank goodness)

that message did not cause a problem with my Macbook. It read:

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This is an automatically generated Delivery Status Notification.

THIS IS A WARNING MESSAGE ONLY.

YOU DO NOT NEED TO RESEND YOUR MESSAGE.

Delivery to the following recipients has been delayed.

>XXX (I deleted the name)@ic.gc.ca>

The reason for the problem:
4.3.2 - Not accepting messages at this time 421-'4.4.1 bulwark.ic.gc.ca Unable to contact destination'

Reporting-MTA: dns; blrif637.ssan.egs-seg.gc.ca

Final-Recipient: rfc822;(I deleded the name)@ic.gc.ca
Action: delayed
Status: 4.0.0 (temporary failure)
Diagnostic-Code: smtp; 4.3.2 - Not accepting messages at this time 421-'4.4.1 bulwark.ic.gc.ca Unable to contact destination' (delivery attempts: 0)
Will-Retry-Until: 18 Aug 2010 01:09:17 +0000

 

[Edwin the Elder]

Apparently. I'm not the only one having this problem

http://appletoolbox.com/2010/06/ipadiphoneipod-mail-crashes-fix/

I have problems deleting the error message as Mail puts it back almost immediately

 

[Edwin the Elder]

I found a workaround

I went into my Sympatico account on my mac and deleted all the messages on the server

then I deleted and reinstalled this account on my iPad - so this time it did not download the error messages

this seems to be a known problem

I wonder why it hasn't been fixed?

 

[Touchstone64]

My 64GB 3G iPad has just started exhibiting the same problem ... the same account setup on the iPhone 4 doesn't have it, though. All accounts are imap.

 

[Touchstone64]

My 64GB 3G iPad has just started exhibiting the same problem ... the same account setup on the iPhone 4 doesn't have it, though. All accounts are imap.

Never mind, it's a Virgin Media problem (I know, I know...).