HT201320 setting up mail in ios 6 problems

While setting up mail on my iphone 5, the account (Both gmail and Yahoo) gets stuck on "adding account" and eventually times out. I have had 3 iPhones prior, iPads and have never had this problem before. Is it an ios 6 problem??? Thanks!

Perhaps you have a corrupted Mail preferences file. If you are familiar with using the command line from the Terminal application, I would suggest you try this:
plutil -lint /Users/<your user name>/Library/Preferences/com.apple.mail.plist
My file was fine, so I received this response:
/Users/<your user name>/Library/Preferences/com.apple.mail.plist: OK
Your results may vary if the plist file for Mail on your machine contains syntax errors.
Lance
* <your user name> is your Mac login

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i can't set up my mail account which I am using mor ethan 15 years in Iphone6 plus which has IOS 8.02 inside
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System throws me out during verifying and I can't move forward
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Hi necip baybora,
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
To add an email account to your iPhone running iOS 8 please follow the directions in the article below.
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Take care,
Alex H.

HT201320 Setting up mail only works the first time and then fails...

Hello,
I own a new iPad 4.
Setting up my own mail accounts works great for the first time (I see new mails and I can sent mails), but the second time I open the Mail-App it complains about my mail settings.
Mails are provided from my own domain. Using other mail clients I don't have issues.
Setting is based on IMAP ssl/port 993 and ssl/578. iPad runs on IOS6.1.
Do you have an idea why?
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3899
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http://ipadhelp.com/ipad-help/ipad-cant-send-emails-troubleshooting-steps/
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http://www.apple.com/support/ipad/assistant/mail/
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 Cheers, Tom

Problems setting up Mail to Exchange

Hey everyone,
Having a few problems setting up mail to exchange on a Nokia 5800.
We have the latest version of Mail to Exchange installed.
Were using Microsoft Exchange 2007.
Example serup of what we have done:
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Hi Jim,
Depending on the customer feedback, it works fine. Apple Mail the client that comes with OSX supports standard protocols (POP3, IMAP, SMTP), these are all supported by Exchange 2010.
If you're running Mac OS 10.4 Tiger or Mac OS 10.5 Leopard, you can still use the Mac Mail App to connect to your account. However, you need to connect to your account without using IMAP or POP.
If you're running Mac OS 10.6 Snow Leopard or Mac OS 10.7 Lion, you can use the Mail program included with those releases to connect to your email account automatically using an Exchange account.
When you use Mac OS 10.6 Snow Leopard or Mac OS 10.7 Lion and connect using an Exchange account, you can use features that aren't available to users who connect through IMAP or POP, including iCal and Address Book.
More details about Set up email in Mac OS X Mail, please refer to:
https://support.office.microsoft.com/en-in/article/Set-up-email-in-Mac-OS-X-Mail-de372dc4-9648-4044-a76c-e8a60e178d54?CorrelationId=a0ce4c19-1492-4e3b-bc7e-4af83d3cb347&ui=en-US&rs=en-IN&ad=IN
Additional, I find a similar thread about your question, for your reference:
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/exchange/en-US/b112b61e-401f-4ad9-b459-a25673ff5407/connecting-to-exchange-2010-using-apple-mail?forum=exchange2010
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/d3c9b4ad-822b-4a7c-88b8-39df3f166f96/how-to-setup-exchange-account-on-macbook-os-x?forum=exchange2010
Best Regards,
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 Cheers, Tom

I can't send mail (Gmail) with App Mail on IOS 7

Hi,
After create Google account on my ipad, I can receive my gmail mails but I can't send mail with "Mail App".
With the Gmail App I can receive and sent mails.
I wish send mail with App Mail, what should I do?
Thanks
PS : Sorry for my bad english.

You have good English.
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I don't have an answer for you but from my experience iOS WiFi syncing has always been a hit and miss affair (more miss than hit I'm afraid). I have gotten to the stage where I rarely use the WiFi sync. It is just quicker, easier and much less stressful to use the USB cable. I am having the same issues with all the iOS devices in our family which includes various models of iPhone, iPad and an iPod Touch and have been having them since WiFi syncing was introduced (in iOS5 ???). And then I have not even mentioned my favorite iTunes syncing messages: "Waiting for items to copy" and "Waiting for changes to be applied"!
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Apple's Mail program for email - yes, and gmail.
IMAP for both accounts.
Did not change mail configuration on MacBook.
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