Email app reports timeout, mail still comes in but slowly

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Emails Synchronize Correctly But 'Sync Error' Still Shown

REPRODUCIBILITY (% or how often): 50% BUILD ID = OS VERSION (Settings > About product): 4.0.1.48 HARDWARE (XA2, Xperia 10…): XA2 UI LANGUAGE: ENGLISH REGRESSION: (compared to previous public release: Yes, No, ?): Yes DESCRIPTION: I have 5 email accounts configured on my phone - two are imap (apple mail and google mail) and three are Exchange (Office365). All are set to sync every 5 minutes. When you load the email app or ‘Update’ emails from inside the app, or let the timed sync happen the…