That's an oxymoron.
You tell it to use EAS and it doesn't use EAS?
Is that what you're saying?
Presumably you mean that the "Microsoft Hotmail" option doesn't configure the account using EAS.
IMO, it's never been a good idea to add a Mail/Contacts/Calendar account in iOS by choosing one of the branded email accounts (unless you are adding an iCloud or MobileMe account).
I'm saying that choosing Exchange in the mail setup for Hotmail and Outlook does NOT work. It defaults to a Hotmail-type mail.
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That's an oxymoron.
You tell it to use EAS and it doesn't use EAS?
Is that what you're saying?
Presumably you mean that the "Microsoft Hotmail" option doesn't configure the account using EAS.
IMO, it's never been a good idea to add a Mail/Contacts/Calendar account in iOS by choosing one of the branded email accounts (unless you are adding an iCloud or MobileMe account).
Here's what I mean:
Choose Add Account in mail settings, choose Exchange and input email address and password, press next. But instead of being presented with the server input screen, it immediately goes to the completion screen with mail, calendar, contacts, reminder sliders.
Additionally when this is done, checking the mail app and going to Mailboxes at the bottom it shows the Hotmail icon instead of an Exchange icon for that account. This started early yesterday because I did setup the account via exchange late on Friday night and it behaved like a normal exchange setup.
Another twist..... Someone using iOS 5 is not seeing this problem only iOS 6.