I recently purchased an Iphone 5 and set it up to receive my mail on it. I already have an Ipad and a Mac mini. Ever since I set up my Iphone I get mail delivered to my Iphone and my Ipad but not my mac mini. It stopped the day I set up my Iphone. What did I do wrong??? Help please.
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Mail comes to iphone & ipad but not mac mini help!
- Thread starter cotonmom
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How often do you have Mail.app checking for new messages? Do you have it set up as a POP or IMAP account?
It is set up as a pop3 account. It checks every few minutes but now even if I push the "get mail" button it does nothing. I can send fine, I just don't receive. I am thinking that I did something when I set up mail on my Iphone I just don't know what. Could I have somehow selected that mail go only to my ipad or iphone when I set up my iphone email? My mac stopped receiving mail the day I set up my iphone.
Try setting it up as IMAP. With POP3, when you download an email, it is not left on the server, so other devices can't download it. IMAP can leave a copy of the message on the server so other devices can download it. All your devices should be set up as IMAP.