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Thursday, April 3rd, 2025 4:39 PM

Email loading very slowly.

For the past few weeks my Xfinity email (IMAP) has taken forever to load on my iPad. Not the mailbox itself but the individual emails. Upon opening an email it takes almost 2 minutes for the contents to load. This happened after I updated my iPad to the latest IOS. 

Suggestions?

Official Employee

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5 days ago

Hello, @stevet7. It seems like you're not alone in facing this issue after updating your iPad's iOS. Here are a few suggestions that might help:

Check Third-Party Access Security Settings: Some users have reported that enabling third-party access security in Xfinity email settings resolved their issues. You can find instructions here.

Adjust IMAP Path Prefix: On your iPad, go to Settings > Mail > Accounts > [Your IMAP Account] > Account Settings > Advanced. Locate the IMAP Path Prefix in the Incoming Settings section, then save changes and restart the Mail app.

Restart and Reinstall: Restart your iPad and try removing and re-adding your Xfinity email account. This has worked for some users.

Contact Apple Support: If the issue persists, it might be related to iOS compatibility. Apple Community discussions suggest that iOS updates sometimes cause email loading delays4.

Let me know if you'd like more detailed steps for any of these!

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I tried the “adjust IMAP path prefix” step. Got all the way to the point of finding the “IMAP Path Prefix”. There were no numbers after it, just a forward slash. So there were no changes to save. What am I doing wrong?

Official Employee

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@stevet7 Thanks for going through the steps. Have you attempted to remove the email from your iPad and then installing it back on there? 

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5 days ago

Concern moved here to the E-mail help section.

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No, my question hasn’t been answered yet. 

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