I meant the name of the router you are using
Try hotspot or tethering connection if you got smartphone

Originally Posted by udonthaveasoul

I meant the name of the router you are using
Try hotspot or tethering connection if you got smartphone

Thanks.

Had the same issue with my parents IPAD2

Found that gmail seems to lock the account if it is accessed to frequently via the IMAP client.

Had to got to gmail\captcha to unlock account

now all ok

question

how do you increase the polling time for the mail app via IMAP?

Cheers

IMAP accounts are normally set up to Push. That means the server controls when email is pushed to the iPad. You can't set an interval for this, because it's instant.

However you can turn Push off, either for all mail or a single account.

You do this under Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > Fetch new Data. The Push on off switch turns off push for all accounts. This leaves you with the timed Fetch, which is also set here. The options are 15 min, 30 min, 1 hr, or manual. Manual will only fetch mail when you open the Mail app, or tap update when the Mail app is open.

If you want to select between Push or Fetch for an individual account tap the Advanced option. Not all account types offer Push as an option.

Have you considered generating a new application password. Google uses a two-step verification system that most devices do not support, if you go into your account settings for your google mail account, you should have listed the different authorities given to devices. i.e. iphone, outlook, etc. once you generate the new App password, use that temp pass and put it on for your log in credentials on your ipad, do it quick cause sometimes they time out

Originally Posted by twerppoet

IMAP accounts are normally set up to Push. That means the server controls when email is pushed to the iPad. You can't set an interval for this, because it's instant.

However you can turn Push off, either for all mail or a single account.

You do this under Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > Fetch new Data. The Push on off switch turns off push for all accounts. This leaves you with the timed Fetch, which is also set here. The options are 15 min, 30 min, 1 hr, or manual. Manual will only fetch mail when you open the Mail app, or tap update when the Mail app is open.

If you want to select between Push or Fetch for an individual account tap the Advanced option. Not all account types offer Push as an option.

Actually, IMAP accounts don't use push, at least not in the sense you're thinking. They actually use a special IDLE command to keep the connection open to get instant notifications of new mail if the server supports it. The iPad's client actually does this badly as it will only use IDLE while it's open but falls back to polling (fetch) mode when the client is closed. If the mail app is closed or if the server doesn't support IDLE it uses the normal fetch settings.