Why does it take days for an email I sent myself to reach my inbox?

[Daniela1982]

When I send an email to myself from my phone it can take 2 or 3 days to arrive to my inbox. Sometimes it never gets there and sometimes I have to send it a couple of times. What's with that? My carrier is Verizon. and my phone a Galaxy 12.

[Massageman]

- Maybe your phone doesn't recognize the sending address (if you use multiple addresses) as a "friendly".
- Maybe Verizon service is just bad in your particular area.
- Maybe the "internet" in your area is just plain overloaded. We have had it take up to a couple of hours on a few occasions to get a message- no problem with e-mails, though.
- Maybe your phone isn't configured as well as it could be: could be using resources on background info renewing, could be looking for wrong networks, cookies might need some work, etc.

[MCheetah]

You need to clear your app or browser's cookies and make sure your phone has enough storage space on it. Or else, apps act all f*cked up like this.

[Flower7]

In case it’s something you need quickly, it should always show up in your “sent” folder instantly.

[Aerissa_Jade]

Can happen to me in rural America in the country, cause I might not get service for a few days.

[exitseven]

are you sure it is not getting stuck in the spam filter. try checking it on a PC and see if it does the same thing.

[Daniela1982]

Am not.

[exitseven]

So you sent yourself an email using the web browser and it worked fine?

[roy_ricky09]

Many reasons
Space issue in your mailbox or phone
Virus scanner for emails
Restricted email flow.

Many more...

Try sending from a different mailbox as a first troubleshooting step

[Surely]

I have been finding company’s systems down. Unable to log in to web sites. And several other problems! Must be those darn Russians’ messing with our internet!

[Daniela1982]

But my phone doesn't use the internet.

[Surely]

But it still uses a server with your service provider.
I stopped at a bank and couldn’t exchange currency because their system was down!
Had to register for a cruise, but their site was down.
Electronics are running slow everywhere!

[DonkeyDan]

Should be instant maybe there is an issue with your email provider.

[Anonymous]

Just like IT support. All sorts of explanations, but no actual idea what happened.

[John_Doesnt]

Verizon is for suckers who like overpaying.

[Daniela1982]

It was cheaper than Sprint/T-Mobile.

[John_Doesnt]

Cheaper than T-Mobile? No. I pay $30 a month for unlimited. Verizon is expensive as hell.

[msc545]

What email server are you sending it to?

[Daniela1982]

Yahoo

[msc545]

That is why. Try a private server.

[Daniela1982]

What kind of private server? I've had this email for years and have never had any problems until recently.

[msc545]

Try Proton mail

[Likes2drive]

Maybe it’s the mail service itself

[nawtee_me]

Are you spamming yourself? Check your spam folder.