Mail Download Issue

One of my IMAP email accounts is only downloading my mail from the mail server periodically. Example: I get emails for a period of time in that account. Then there might be a block of 2 or 3 hours where I get no email from that account. Then mail is downloaded fine after that period of time - but not the mail that came in during the block of time I referred to. I discovered this because I do get all the emails on iPhone and iPad. I have 3 email addresses using the problem domain account-2 IMAP and one POP. The other IMAP and the POP seem to download fine. The problem is just with the one email address. I can eventually get the withheld email by taking all accounts offline and then all back on - or shutting own and restarting Mail. I have already tried to rebuild the account. Thanks for your help.

Do a hard reset: Press and hold on the Home button and the On/Off button at the same time. Continue to hold even after you see the "Slide to Power off" screen. Hold until the Apple logo comes up.

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    StevenFrank wrote:
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  • Attachments in Mail Downloads folder

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  • Quick Look copies attachments to Mail Downloads folder!

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  • Deleting Directory "Mail Downloads"

    Hi,
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    Yes, and if you ever need them again you can re-save them from the email they came in.

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  • How to stop e-mail downloads once in email app

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