In this fast-paced world and with the invention of new communication methods, e-mail is still one of the largest mediums. Many email clients, like iPhone Mail or Microsoft Outlook, starting time showing the following error for some of the emails letters:

This Bulletin Has Not Been Downloaded from The Server

The consequence is mainly reported on the Apple ecosystem (iPhone, iPad, or Mac, etc.) and in some cases, on Windows with Microsoft Outlook. For some users, the upshot occurred later on an Os update, whereas, others reported seeing the issue when emails were moved between the folders. The event is not limited to a particular electronic mail provider (Gmail, Yahoo, etc.).

The Mail app might testify the bulletin download issue mainly due to the following reasons:

  • Outdated OS of Your Device: If your device's Bone is outdated, it may not be compatible with the email server, causing the effect at hand.
  • Remove Copy from the Server: If any of your electronic mail clients are configured to remove the e-mail copy from the server and it fetches/removes the email from the account before whatever other client, and then other clients may neglect to download the bulletin from the server.
  • Anti-Spam Filtering: If the anti-spam filtering application (similar GFI MailEssentials) is editing the emails' header, making the emails incompatible with the post application, and so the Mail service app might show the error at manus.
  • Decadent Mail App Installation: If the Mail application installation has get corrupt, it may fail to properly communicate with the server and thus neglect to download some of the emails messages.

Relaunch the Mail App Afterwards Forcefulness Closing information technology

A temporary glitch betwixt the iPhone'southward Mail app and the email server may crusade the message downloaded issue. Hither, relaunching the Postal service app after force endmost it may solve the problem.

  1. Launch the iPhone'south Mail service app and open an email that previously showed "This Message has not been downloaded from the server".
  2. Now concur the iPhone'south Habitation button for around 7 to x seconds till the Mail app is airtight and the iPhone'south Home screen is shown.
    Printing and hold the Home Button to Force Close the Mail App
  3. Then launch the Mail app over again and check if it is working fine.
  4. If not, and so force shut the Mail app again and turn off Wi-Fi in Settings.
  5. Now restart your telephone and enable the Mobile Data.
  6. Then launch the Postal service app and check if the outcome is resolved.

Update the iOS of Your iPhone to the Latest Build

If the iOS of your iPhone is not updated to the latest build, information technology may have compatibility issues with the email server, resulting in the effect at hand. In such a case, updating the iOS of your phone to the latest build may solve the problem. Before updating, make certain to create a backup of your iPhone (if the update does not go well or has bugs).

  1. Put the iPhone on charging and connect it to a Wi-Fi network (if the update download size is a concern).
  2. At present launch the iPhone Settings and select General.
    Open Full general Settings of iPhone
  3. So open Software Update and check if an iOS update is available.
    Update Software of iPhone
  4. If so, download and install the iOS update.
  5. Once the update is installed, restart your iPhone and upon restart, bank check if the emails are articulate of the message not downloaded from the server upshot.

Set the Post Preview to 5 Lines

Many Mail apps only download the e-mail headers and when the electronic mail is opened, the remaining message is downloaded. If due to a glitch, the mail app cannot properly download the header or the message, it may trigger the message download upshot. Here, setting the Mail preview to v lines may strength the Mail app to download the header and bulletin at once, thus may solve the trouble.

  1. Launch the iPhone Settings and open Mail.
    Open Post in iPhone Settings
  2. Now, in the Bulletin List section, tap on Preview and select 5 Lines.
    Set up iPhone Post Preview to five Lines
  3. Then restart your iPhone and upon restart, bank check if the post bulletin download trouble is solved.
  4. If that did not work and you are arranging emails in custom-created folders, then check if removing a special character similar a tide ~ (if present) from the binder name clears out the error at hand.

Enable Fetch in the Telephone's Settings

Emails are delivered to a user's device through Push or Fetch methods. In the Push method, the server informs the client of the new emails whereas, in the Fetch method, the customer application repeatedly requests the server for any new emails.

By default, iPhone uses the Push button method merely the email server, due to a glitch, may have issues in pushing the emails to the device, resulting in the issue at hand. In this scenario, setting the iPhone to utilize the fetch electronic mail method may solve the problem.

  1. Launch the iPhone Settings and open up Passwords & Accounts.
    Open Passwords & Accounts in the iPhone Settings
  2. Now select Fetch New Data and toggle the switch of Push to the off position.
    Open Fetch New Data in Password & Accounts Settings of iPhone
  3. So enable Fetch (if not auto-enabled) and set Fetch to Automatically. In some cases, yous may have to tap on the problematic account and select Fetch.
    Disable Push and Prepare Fetch to Automatically for iPhone
  4. Now ready all other accounts to Fetch that shows Push button and restart the iPhone.
  5. Upon restart, check if the iPhone is clear of the message downloaded issue at mitt.

Enable Download Complete in Send/Receive Group Settings

If your Post customer is configured to but download a part of the electronic mail bulletin (east.g., without attachments), and so it may fail to completely fetch the message. In this example, enabling the complete downloading of the email message in the Transport/Receive Grouping settings may solve the problem.

  1. Launch the Outlook application and caput to its File menu.
  2. Now steer to the Options tab and in the resulting window, open the Avant-garde tab.
    Open Outlook Options
  3. And so, in the Send/Receive department, click on the Send/Receive push and select All Accounts, or if the problematic account is shown, select it.
    Open Transport/Receive Settings of Outlook
  4. Now click on the Edit button and in the left pane, select the problematic account.
    Edit Send Receive Settings of All Accounts in Outlook
  5. Then, nether Receive Postal service Items, checkmark the option of Download Complete Items Including Attachments for Subscribed Folders.
    Enable Download Complete Items in Outlook
  6. At present utilize your changes and restart your organisation.
  7. Upon restart, check if the bulletin download problem is solved.

Enable 'Recent Mode' of Gmail

If you have prepare multiple email client applications like MS Outlook on a PC and Mail on iPhone, then each of these clients will bank check Gmail servers every fifteen minutes, and the one who firstly checks an email before the other clients may hide the email from the other clients, resulting in the message downloaded upshot under discussion.

In this scenario, enabling the Recent Manner of the Gmail may solve the problem as in this mode the Gmail server pushes the final 30 days' mail to all the connected electronic mail clients, regardless of the email was previously downloaded by whatever of the clients.

  1. Open the Account Settings of Gmail in the e-mail client e.g., Outlook, and in the Email tab, double-click on the Gmail address.
    Open Account Settings in Outlook
  2. Now, in the Account Proper name box, add "recent:" before your business relationship proper noun e.g., if your business relationship name is testuser@gmail.com, it should expect similar contempo:testuser@gmail.com.
    Double-click the Gmail Business relationship in Account Settings of Outlook
  3. Then click on the Next push and when the Settings are updated, click on Done.
    Add Prefix of Contempo: in the Account Proper noun of Gmail
  4. Now restart your system and upon restart, check if the message non downloaded consequence is resolved. Go on in mind some of the iPhone users, may accept to enable Apply Recent Way in Settings>> Mail>> Gmail.
  5. If that did not work, so check if disabling IMAP on the Gmail website clears out the issue.

Enable 'Continue the Copy on the Server' Setting

Nearly every email client allows a user to remove the message copy from the server afterward retrieving the message. If you have more than ane customer configured to retrieve the email letters similar iPhone and iMac, merely if one of them is configured to delete letters from the server afterward retrieval, then that may cause the bulletin download consequence on the other device. In such a case, enabling the option of keeping the message copy on the server may solve the problem. For illustration, we will discuss disabling the mentioned setting on a Mac.

  1. Launch the Mail app and open its Preferences.
  2. Now head to the Accounts tab and select the problematic account.
  3. Then navigate to the Avant-garde tab and uncheck Remove Copy from Server Afterward Retrieving the Message. Some devices may evidence the never delete from the server or exit a re-create on the server option.
    Uncheck Remove Copy from Server Later Retrieving a Message
  4. Now close the Mail Preferences window and restart your system.
  5. Repeat the aforementioned on all the other electronic mail clients on all your devices and afterward, bank check if the message download consequence is resolved.

Go on in mind that after enabling this setting, if you delete a message from the Delete binder on your phone or computer, then that e-mail message may exist removed from the other device likewise and if you tried to access that bulletin on the other device, that may cause the message download result.

Disable Anti-Spam Product of Your Device

Many email clients firstly download the email headers and afterward, download the message when required. If your anti-spam or security product is filtering the email headers that are not uniform with your email customer, and so the e-mail customer may evidence the message download upshot. In this context, disabling the anti-spam or security product of your device may solve the problem. For illustration, we will hash out the process of disabling GFI MailEssentials.

Alarm:

Go along at your own risk as disabling the anti-spam or security product of your organisation/ device may betrayal the system to threats like viruses, trojans, etc.

  1. Launch the GFI MailEssentials Switchboard and head to its Troubleshooting tab.
  2. Now, in the Enable/Disable Email Processing, click on the Disable push button and click Yes in the Service Restart Required dialogue bulletin.
    Disable E-mail Processing in GFI MailEssentials
  3. Then launch the email customer and cheque if its server message download result is resolved.

Re-Add together the Email Account to the Post App

The Mail app may fail to download the message from the email servers due to a temporary communication glitch or corruption of the email account on the device. In this context, turning off/on email or re-adding the electronic mail account to the Postal service app may solve the problem.

Turn Off and Turn on the Email Account

  1. Launch the iPhone Settings and open up Postal service, Contacts, Calendars.
    Open Mail, Contacts, Calendars in the iPhone Settings
  2. At present tap on the problematic account and toggle the Mail switch to the off position.
    Open Your Mail Account in the iPhone Mail Settings
  3. Look till the emails of the account are no more than shown in the Postal service client.
    Plough Off Mail service in the iPhone Mail Settings
  4. Then restart your iPhone and upon restart, turn on the e-mail account.
  5. Expect till the email syncs and afterward, bank check if the message download issue is resolved.

Re-Add the Email Account

  1. Launch the iPhone Settings and open Post (or Passwords and Accounts).
  2. At present tap on Accounts and select the problematic electronic mail business relationship.
  3. Then tap on Delete Account and later on, confirm to delete the account by tapping Delete from My iPhone.
    Delete Email Account in the iPhone Mail Settings
  4. Now restart your iPhone and upon restart, re-add the account (in case of Gmail, utilize the other type, not POP3) to the Postal service app and check if it is working fine.
  5. If that did non work and your account is configured to use 2 Gene Authentication, then check if disabling 2FA solves the trouble.
  6. If the issue persists, and so cheque if switching between POP3 or IMAP account types for the email business relationship clears out the issue.

Reinstall the Mail App

The Mail app may show the downloaded message issue if the Mail app's installation or configuration is decadent. Here, reinstalling the Post app may solve the problem.

  1. Launch the iPhone menu and press/concord the Mail app till the pop-up carte du jour appears.
  2. At present, in the pop-upwardly menu shown, select Delete App and and then confirm to delete the Mail app.
    Press Concord the iPhone Post App and select Delete App
  3. Then restart your iPhone and upon restart, launch the Apple tree App Store.
    Ostend to Delete the iPhone'due south Mail App
  4. Now search for Mail and then install the iPhone Post app.
  5. So launch the Postal service app and configure it as per your requirements.
  6. Later on, cheque if the Postal service app tin download the messages from the servers.

If none of the above did the trick and yous are using an Commutation server, then check if enabling Agile Sync in the server solves the problem. Besides, make sure the Accepted Domain settings in the Substitution server are properly configured. Keep in heed if y'all are using a wildcard (*) in the accepted domain field, and then it may cause the event at hand, and removing it may clear the result.

For a common user, if the issue is still there, then the user may have to use a threerd party app (similar Outlook on iPhone) or restore the device to the defaults.

Workarounds

If yous do not desire to utilize a 3rd-party app or restore the device, and so bank check if using whatever of the following workarounds temporary solve the problem:

  1. Open the problematic email bulletin and when the download error message is shown, open a new email message (either by tapping the up or down arrow). Then revert to the problematic email bulletin to bank check if the message is successfully downloaded.
  2. Forward the email message and when asked to Download the reset of the message, click yes and check if the consequence is resolved.
  3. Check if forwarding the POP3 mails to an IMAP account or vice versa solves the consequence.
  4. Bank check if clearing the trash folder through the email provider website (like Yahoo Post) solves the issue. Also, keep in mind that when deleting the email messages from the phone, brand sure to delete one message at a time, otherwise, it may effect in the issue nether discussion.