"Cannot Get Mail...the connection to the server has failed"

On my iPad 3, "Cannot Get Mail....The connection to the server failed" .... This is the message I get when I try to retrieve or send an email. My wifi is connected and has a strong signal. Safari works well. If anyone has the solution to this problem...please help! I have not received any email since Oct. 13th. My mail is coming thru on my cellphone and laptop just not my iPad 3. Any suggestions??

What kind of mail account is it? e.g. yahoo, hotmail, gmail etc.
Also it sounds like an issue with the incoming mail server so as Lawrence Finch kindly suggested make sure all settings are correct.

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No one seems to be hearing what Big Q is saying.
He can pair his iPhone to his Macbook, but cannot CONNECT. He's NOT asking for alternative solutions, like Wi Fi.
I am able to both pair and connect my one one Macbook to my other one, but I can only pair but not connect my iPhone or iPad to either Macbook. So I have the same problem. But I can pair and connect my Macbooks to other Bluetooth devices, like my ancient Nokia cellfone, or my Bluetooth HP printer.
It's irrelavent that I can instead use a direct USB cable or Wi Fi between my Macbooks and my iPhone/iPad - why can't I use Bluetooth? If Apple does not allow Bluetooth between it's Macbooks and other Mac devices, then why have Bluetooth at all? Does my iPhone have Bluetooth only so that I can pair and connect to my my non Apple mobile handsfree car kit, or communicate easily with the dreaded Apple enemy Samsung, or what?
Make no mistake , I am a diehard Apple fan, but this Bluetooth non compatibility issue appears shortsighted and seemingly pointless. Why does Apple not just say why they created the non compatibility, or have a message on the Bluetooth setup programme which simply and clearly says "don't bother wasting hours of your time trying to pair and connect your iPhone to your Macbook, because we don't allow that anymore, reason being that............"?
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Services ▹ Reveal
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I see several threads on a similar topic, but not on this specific issue.
I have two email accounts set up on my phone. When I am using my email, I get the "Cannot get mail. Connection to servers failed" popup intermittently. The weird thing is, I'm still getting all of my mail, so this popup is particularly annoying, since it is providing me, repeatedly, with false information.
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OK. Did it. I was only reluctant because my gmail account sometimes locks me out when I do that.
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