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Gmail emails are delayed or not sending to iCloud

A very strange issue started out of the blue a couple of days ago. I have my gmail account forwarding to my iCloud (me.com). My friend asked me if I got his email the other day, never went through. After some testing I found out that all of a sudden Gmail messages are not being forwarded or sent to my iCloud. Some are even bouncing back. Any idea what the problem might be? Why would it start out of the blue?

Posted on Mar 13, 2015 6:21 AM

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Mar 14, 2015 5:37 PM in response to yosh8585

Maybe, maybe not. I did spend sometime on the phone with apple and they are aware of the problem. The guy I spoke too did consult a senior engineer. Both looked at my email raw headers too. When I went through the help area of gmail, I did get to a screen that checked the raw header info and asked me to send it to them which I did. I'm hoping for a resolution from gmail. I suspect it's their problem. --Pam

Mar 14, 2015 8:12 PM in response to aixen21

Slowly but surely I'm getting my delayed emails too. I read somewhere about problems with Apple's DNS numbers and I even asked the apple tech about it but he said no, that that wasn't the problem. I'm sure the problem will get resolved. As for identifying the actual source, we may never know. It's always nice to get closure on this type of issue, but the main thing is getting it resolved. I've had email since about 1995 I think. The first high speed service, if you can call it that, was an ISDN line. Back then email would not infrequently go down for 3 or 4 days at a stretch. We've come a long way since then. Pam

Mar 15, 2015 5:47 AM in response to Csound1

I completely agree: "Twice as many email systems ...". I choose to do it this way and I'm not surprised or annoyed that there are occasionally issues. I use my mac address as my main email for most of my email and my gmail email for another purpose. Having my gmail automatically forwarded to my mac account and then archived on my gmail account is just for my convenience. If I really need something off my gmail, it's all there in All Mail. This problem will eventually be resolved. Pam

Mar 15, 2015 6:27 AM in response to yosh8585

It is frustrating for sure, especially when running a business.


UPDATE: The problem is still going, though it seems periodically. Got an email directly from a client (gmail) to my iCloud email at 6am this morning. The email shows as being sent 5pm yesterday. Then logged into gmail to find that there where about 20 new emails, half of which did not forward, half of which did. Also received a "failed permanently" on an email that kept bouncing back (forwarding from my gmail to iCloud).


Frustrating by any standards.

Mar 15, 2015 9:45 AM in response to jessecoane

I have the same problem. Started on March 12, 2015. Still ongoing. I spent an hour on the phone to a senior Apple tech guy and they're working on it. The newest and most troubling thing for me is, my friend, who has been experiencing the same issue, sent me an email this morning from her iCloud email, and it still hasn't arrived to my iCloud! Before the problem was just receiving emails from a gmail address. But now it appears that iCloud is also delayed!!

Mar 15, 2015 9:57 AM in response to aixen21

I'm trying to think outside the box here. What if my IP address somehow got marked as spam by gmail or mac by accident? That could cause a delay. I went to whatismyipaddress.com, put in my IP address and it did come up with 4 sites that are blocking it. I'm not sure what if anything that means. I'm certainly not or ever have been involved in any spam. Pam

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