IPhone Mail app doesn't work. It signs me in but is always empty

It verifies my account but when I go to Mail it's completely empty. I refresh by pulling down and it says its been updated. I can't see anything not mail in my inbo or sent. It let me send and email I sent one to myself and never got it on my phone. I logged in on safari and I had received it so apparently it lets me send emails. I tried two different accounts and its the same thing. I even deleted each of them and created them again. And I restarted my phone. I played around with the mail settings and I just don't see why it's not working. Please help, thanks! :)

What kind of mail account is this? Is it POP, IMAP, Exchange? Who is your email provider?
Forgot this: Is the iPhone the only mail client that you use to retrieve the mail?

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