All sent messages marked blocked sender

I had this also - I fixed it from this thread by realizing my own number was blocked (likely a kid messing with my phone I suspect!) so it was marking all sent messages and some replies I think as blocked.... Went into settings mail reviewed blocked senders and unblocked myself

For others who are experiencing this glitch that none of us apparently caused, FYI I found my own email address at the very end of the long list of blocked contacts. They are not in alpha order, but if you scroll to the very end, you are likely to find your own address there.

I was confused by this at first. All my sent emails had that blocked sign. Here is how I fixed it.

• Settings
• Mail
• Scroll down to “Blocked” and you may see a bunch of phone numbers. Keep scrolling until you see email addresses. Nearly at the bottom I came across my email address to my surprise
• Slide your email address to the left and the words UNBLOCK will appear and tap on that.

This happened to me too. When I checked in my settings under blocked, it was my email that was blocked. I unblocked it and my sent emails went back to normal. Does this mean that my email address has been compromised?

Hi Blinn1977,

You can check your block list to get an idea of what's there. Go to Settings > Mail. Under Threading, tap Blocked.

This is detailed in the blocked contacts article here:

Block phone numbers, contacts, and emails on your iPhone or iPad

Let us know what you see in the block list.

Thanks for using the Apple Support Communities.

I just had the same problem happen to me as Rigo described above. Today is October, 22, 2023. I sent a document to someone, looked in my Sent folder, every single one of the emails that appear in that folder are marked blocked. My sent email did not appear in the Sent folder but I contacted my recipient and they confirmed they received the email. What is strange is that I can go to my inbox and see emails from the same people on the same day as one’s that are blocked, but they aren’t showing a blocked icon where they appear in my inbox. Ex: Joe sent me an email yesterday (still in my inbox and not blocked), I replied to it yesterday (in my sent box but Joe is showing as a blocked contact now on the email I sent him). I go to my Blocked list and nowhere is Joe’s number or email showing on the blocked list.

i had to go to Settings, Mail, Blocked Sender Options, and uncheck Mark Blocked Sender to get rid of the block icon for all mails in my sent box. It’s back to normal in terms of appearance, but I wonder what will happen now.

Today is June 11/24. I had the same problem and couldn’t figure out why because all my emails sent without any problems and I received all emails as I bcc myself. Also I could not see my email in the list of blocked contacts in my Settings so it didn’t make any sense as to why this was happening. I did not know how to fix this until I saw the comment from elizweber “swipe left to unblock myself”. To fix my issue I selected my email address from one of my sent emails and clicked “Unblock this Contact”. Once I did this all blocked icons instantly disappeared from all my previous sent emails. I don’t know why this was an issue in the first place; perhaps a glitch or perhaps to caution of something more troublesome! So not sure whether or not this action affects anything!

I have this problem too.

In my 'Blocked Sender' list I see all my own addresses, numbers etc. I never put them there. Is it ok to just delete them?

Clare's fix did the trick, once I remembered to swipe left to unblock myself.

I have just noticed the same in my sent items. Like myoungquist, I've also received responses to some of these emails so they sure were delivered.

Anybody knows what this is / why it's happening? Thanks!

I have the same problem, too. Not only the emails that I recently sent out, but also those that I sent out in ages, all turned being "blocked". I have over 1,000 contacts in my privacy contact list and there is no way I can look up which one to unblock, since they are not in alphabetical order. I hope Apple can fix it ASAP!!!

Above problem

This procedure worked for me 5/13/24. Thanks Myoungquist!

Thank you! This worked for me. No idea how I blocked my own contact file, though.

That worked . Thanks Clare.