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I can receive emails on my iPad but I cannot send them


I can receive emails, but I cannot send them


iPad Pro, iPadOS 16

Posted on Oct 12, 2023 11:33 AM

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Posted on Oct 12, 2023 11:37 AM

If you can receive but not send email, this would suggest that your SMTP (send) mail server settings may be incorrect.


Start with initial fault finding:


What happens when you try to receive or send email? Do you see any errors - and if so, what do you see?


If email is failing to send or receive, you are likely to see indicative errors at the bottom of the mail sidebar - the wording of the error usually providing sufficient information to determine the nature of the problem.


Deleting and re-adding your email account is sometimes the easiest way to resolve a problem with a specific Mail account. After deleting the account, perform a forced restart before re-adding the email account to your iPad.


  • Delete account:

Settings > Mail > Accounts > [Your Mail Account] > Delete Account


  • Force restart the iPad:

Force restart iPad - Apple Support


  • Add Mail Account:

Settings > Mail > Add Account



Also be aware that some email providers now require the use of App Specific Passwords when accessing mail over IMAP or POP3. If this applies to your email account, you will need to generate a unique password for your iPad email account - that will differ from your normal Account Password. As examples - AOL, Yahoo, Google, Microsoft all use App Specific Passwords when using anything other than their own email client Apps.


If you need to generate an App Specific Password, you’ll need to log-in to your Mail Providers account management webpage - using a web browser - and generate the Password from the appropriate account security page.


More information about AOL’s App Specific Passwords can be found here:

https://help.aol.com/articles/allow-apps-that-use-less-secure-sign-in?guccounter=1


For Yahoo, more information can be found here:

https://help.yahoo.com/kb/SLN27791.html


For Gmail:

https://support.google.com/mail/answer/185833?hl=en-GB


Microsoft:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/account-billing/using-app-passwords-with-apps-that-don-t-support-two-step-verification-5896ed9b-4263-e681-128a-a6f2979a7944

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Oct 12, 2023 11:37 AM in response to pjtkos

If you can receive but not send email, this would suggest that your SMTP (send) mail server settings may be incorrect.


Start with initial fault finding:


What happens when you try to receive or send email? Do you see any errors - and if so, what do you see?


If email is failing to send or receive, you are likely to see indicative errors at the bottom of the mail sidebar - the wording of the error usually providing sufficient information to determine the nature of the problem.


Deleting and re-adding your email account is sometimes the easiest way to resolve a problem with a specific Mail account. After deleting the account, perform a forced restart before re-adding the email account to your iPad.


  • Delete account:

Settings > Mail > Accounts > [Your Mail Account] > Delete Account


  • Force restart the iPad:

Force restart iPad - Apple Support


  • Add Mail Account:

Settings > Mail > Add Account



Also be aware that some email providers now require the use of App Specific Passwords when accessing mail over IMAP or POP3. If this applies to your email account, you will need to generate a unique password for your iPad email account - that will differ from your normal Account Password. As examples - AOL, Yahoo, Google, Microsoft all use App Specific Passwords when using anything other than their own email client Apps.


If you need to generate an App Specific Password, you’ll need to log-in to your Mail Providers account management webpage - using a web browser - and generate the Password from the appropriate account security page.


More information about AOL’s App Specific Passwords can be found here:

https://help.aol.com/articles/allow-apps-that-use-less-secure-sign-in?guccounter=1


For Yahoo, more information can be found here:

https://help.yahoo.com/kb/SLN27791.html


For Gmail:

https://support.google.com/mail/answer/185833?hl=en-GB


Microsoft:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/account-billing/using-app-passwords-with-apps-that-don-t-support-two-step-verification-5896ed9b-4263-e681-128a-a6f2979a7944

Oct 22, 2023 5:53 PM in response to pjtkos

Hi pjtkos


i recently had the same problem with my two iPad Air. It started for no apparent reason. I contacted Apple support and after 2 hours on the phone with their checking I was told to book a genius appointment at my local store. I did this and was finally told you need to talk to your provider. I did and they were no help. I thought I’d try Google UTube and found an old answer to what was called a common problem. It was incredibly simple. Go to setting on iPad, go to mail, then to accounts, select account and then Delete the password, reenter the password and hit Done. That was it. So simple. Both my iPads were fully functional. Hope this helps. Apparently it does in 90% of cases.

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