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Mail not working on iPhone after iOS 18 Update

Hi guys,


After updating my iPhone from iOS 17.7 to 18, I encountered an error with my work email. It's showing "IMAP server is not responding."Our mail server uses TLS version 1.1. Does iOS 18 support this version? Can you confirm?




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iPhone 12, iOS 18

Posted on Sep 16, 2024 10:04 PM

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Posted on Sep 26, 2024 7:41 PM

I added / (forward slash) in the IMAP Path Prefix field in IMAP account ( settings > Apps > Mail ) as suggested here in step 5 : 8 Steps to Fix Mail App Issues After Updating to iOS 18 and the issue is now resolved.

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Oct 27, 2024 10:30 AM in response to mikefromfort wayne

I have. As I have two mail accounts with the same provider and only one has problems, Apple cannot say that the solution must come from the provider.

On the phone I was told that they are working in it. Should I believe them? But Even if I do not believe them, I have no other way than using another app and waiting.


I strongly believe that we need, all of us, to contact them. The more complains they have, the better for us. But we must not accept that they say that it is our or the provider’s mistake. We all have a tablet where our mail functions. We can all bring at least this as argument. It is not also very logical that so many mail accounts have problems just by updating the IOS. So if they tell you that it is the provider’s problem, it is up to you (to your arguments and your patience) to tell and insist that this is not the case and make them accept it.


I think that the issue has not yet reached the ‘press’. That would help us a lot, I think, as for the time being we are complaining between ourselves.

Oct 30, 2024 7:34 AM in response to Steven Casman

I did wait until 18.1 and STILL this issue persists. So now I have an essentially bricked iPad, since email is its primary use. I’ve been deleting accounts, adjusting settings, and re-adding them for 2 days now. Sadly, I’m used to this extreme inconvenience because I have to do this when mail server certificates change anyway since Apple doesn’t let you trust new mail server certificates. Unfortunately, adding accounts back doesn’t seem to fix this latest Apple-induced FAILURE.

Oct 28, 2024 2:30 PM in response to S0m3Th1nG_AwFul

S0m3Th1nG_AwFul wrote:

iOS 18.1 release didn't fix the issue.
I suspect it somehow related to having non-ASCII (non-Latin overall) symbols in folders' names as it was mentioned by someone earlier, but not 100% sure.

Nope. Has nothing to do with non-Latin chars.


it’s not fixed. I had an iPad on 18.1 that I migrated to a new iPad. All my mail showed up on the new iPad but no new mail has been fetched since. The bug has to do with a faulty fetch new mail from imap process.

Mail not working on iPhone after iOS 18 Update

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