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Is there a way to sync mail on macbook with mail on iphone?

I have noticed a weird quirk and I'm not sure how to fix it. Certain email messages that are in mail on my macbook, don't ever show up on my iphone mail. I can't figure it out. I will go to access an email when I'm away from my computer and it simply isn't on my phone. I search for sender and it just isn't there, not in junk, etc. My phone receives emails regularly so it isn't that it can't get mail, it will just be random mail that I know I have, but cannot access. So strange. Is there a way to sync mail on my phone and mail on my mac? The last article I could find on this was several years old. Any help would be appreciated.


iPhone 8

Posted on Jul 18, 2019 6:21 AM

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Posted on Jul 18, 2019 2:12 PM

From the information that you have provided I can see only two possibilities

  1. Mail days to Sync / Remove Mail; Settings
  2. Email Rule on your Mac


Mail days to Sync (Watch the GIF); if it is set to One Day then Mail beyond one day is removed from iPhone

Though the GIF demonstrates for iCloud but it is valid for all email accounts


Email Rule

If the Emails are being moved using a rule to the subfolders then you will have to look at all the subfolders

Watch this GIF

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Jul 18, 2019 2:12 PM in response to emuggs

From the information that you have provided I can see only two possibilities

  1. Mail days to Sync / Remove Mail; Settings
  2. Email Rule on your Mac


Mail days to Sync (Watch the GIF); if it is set to One Day then Mail beyond one day is removed from iPhone

Though the GIF demonstrates for iCloud but it is valid for all email accounts


Email Rule

If the Emails are being moved using a rule to the subfolders then you will have to look at all the subfolders

Watch this GIF

Is there a way to sync mail on macbook with mail on iphone?

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