iPhone doesn't send emails - no error message

Hi all,


I've got a weird problem: my iPhone doesn't send emails. Never had this problem before. I've got my gmail account in Mail and I can receive and read email without problems, but sending doesn't work.


The phone makes the "whoosh" sound after tapping 'send' and I don't get an error message, but the emails do not arrive and they don't show up in Sent items nor in Outbox. No problems with Mail on my mac, only iPhone.


I've tried resetting the phone, deleting the account and reinstalling it, but it doesn't work.


Who knows what could be wrong?


Thanks very much in advance!

iPhone 4S, iOS 7.0.2

Posted on Oct 2, 2013 9:55 AM

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May 25, 2016 3:37 AM in response to GravityLightspeed

I had endless problems with my new IPhone 6s as emails would not send. They stuck in the Outbox. I went to Apple store Genuis bar, I spent hours on the phone to Apple support. I went to my phone provider EE. All useless. In the end my university IT support helped me. He deleted ALL accounts (not just the problematic university email account), and put in a new one using 'other', retyping the password in each time (don't let it load it up automatically). It was incredibly annoying, time wasting, and frustrating. There is clearly a problem with the IPhone in this respect. I have had Samsung Galaxy for years and never had any problems like this - more functionality, better screen, easier to use. I only bought an iPhone this time so I could access ITunes on it. My advice - don't buy an IPhone, buy a Galaxy and save yourself hours of stress.

May 25, 2016 4:50 AM in response to fafi2

[quote]My advice - don't buy an IPhone, buy a Galaxy and save yourself hours of stress.[/quote]


My advise? My advise would be not to listen to what he said ^^^


In the end, any android device you get will be nothing but endless fiddling, and headaches. And android devices are one giant security risk. Probably because the reality is when you get an android device, you aren't getting the product, you BECOME the product. Unfortunately android devices are used for the exclusive purpose of collecting as much information about you and your surroundings as possible so they can sell it to Google's real customers—the advertisers.


Don't believe it? Do a web search for google, android, malware, and data mining just over the last month and tell me that's something you find attractive.

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