Checking for mail on iPhone

When I go to my .mac account on the iPhone; it is checking for mail without end. The account has not updated at all. I also have yahoo and gmail accounts; they don't update either.
I updated the software to MobileMe; and iTunes. What am I missing? The whole purpose in having this phone is to access my emails.

I too have this problem. For me, it happened after the 2.0.1 update, for others it started with 2.0.
I found a workaround over on another thread:
http://discussions.apple.com/click.jspa?searchID=-1&messageID=7851164
It seems the problem is with the Mail App, it gets stuck. Holding the home button for 7-8 seconds (while in the Mail app) will cause it quit, and seems to work ok after re-launching - at least for a while, according to some.

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However, if I power down, and power back up again, email immediately begins working normally again.
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This won't help I'm afraid, but you are certainly not alone with this problem. There are 3G and original iPhone users with the same troubles since firmware version 2.0 came out. You can find several examples of similar complaints in threads right here. I have had the troubles too. And turning the phone off and on works, but only temporarily.
Some users said they stopped have trouble after the restored their phone and set it up as a new phone, rather than reloading from backup. I did that last night and my phone is fetching mail on two POP and two IMAP accounts this morning, a good sign. It will be a little while before I'm prepared to say this is a permanent solution, though.
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I've experienced this a few times. The problem was some kind of deadlock related to my Yahoo mailbox. The workaround for me was to log into my Yahoo account via the web, create a folder, move my Inbox content to that folder, delete and re-add my Yahoo account on the iPhone client, check email (nothing to download), then via the web move all my inbox messages back from the temporary folder to the inbox. On the next reload of my Yahoo email Inbox all messages were displayed and the "Checking for Mail" hang resolved. A client issue perhaps.
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Since yesterday I've noticed that my mail app isn't showing any new emails and when I go in to it the "checking for mail" is continously running at the bottom and the internet spinning disc is spinning away. I've tried switching it off and back on again (using the red slide bar) and new emails appear the first time it's restarted but only that once.
I've got three POP3, a hotmail and Gmail account set up so thought I could try and disable them one by one to see which if any was causing the problem, but in settings going to the Mail, Contacts, Calendar option just freezes the screen.
Have tried syncing with iTunes and a full reboot (home and power button together) but still no success. Also tried the suggestion made elsewhere about clearing the cache, closing all the open apps and doing a full reboot - unfortunately still without any joy.
Internet and everything else seems to be working fine. Any other thoughts?
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Thanks

I've experienced this a few times. The problem was some kind of deadlock related to my Yahoo mailbox. The workaround for me was to log into my Yahoo account via the web, create a folder, move my Inbox content to that folder, delete and re-add my Yahoo account on the iPhone client, check email (nothing to download), then via the web move all my inbox messages back from the temporary folder to the inbox. On the next reload of my Yahoo email Inbox all messages were displayed and the "Checking for Mail" hang resolved. A client issue perhaps.
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This is how I fixed it on my new iPhone 5S. Using the standard yahoo setting on my phone.
You will have to access "managing your app passwords" on your account profile for yahoo. Generate password for your app. For example: "My iPhone 5S'
Go to your Iphone and set up your yahoo mail account on your phone the normal way and you have to use the generated password. instead of the yahoo account password.
source:
http://virtualizeme.net/iphone-5-yahoo-mail-server-unavailable-fix/
I hope this helps,
cheers

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Hello,
I have an iPhone 3G running 2.0.1 and created 3 mail accounts (1 Gmail using IMAP, and 2 using POP).
When I first set up the phone 2 days ago the installer copied the settings from my Mac and emails on my iPhone showed up correctly.
Since yesterday something is screwed up because when I try to fetch new email I only see "Checking for Mail" at the bottom of the screen but nothing happens and new emails don't show up.
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