Gmail is the famous email service offered by Google to all its users and, clearly, it is one of the most used systems ever.
Despite the great efficiency, however, “disservices” can occur and the user may notice messages that don’t arrive at destination or Gmail login problemswhich could have multiple causes.
Frombrowser incompatibilityuntil we get to lack of storage space on your account, there can be many parameters to control and, almost always, they depend on the user and rarely on Google.
Let’s see what the most common solutions are to solve the main problems in the email the Big G.
Send a test email
Before assuming a disservice to your inbox Gmail mail,the quickest solution is to try send a test messageto see if everything is working as it should or not.
Simply put, that’s enough log in to another account of mail and send an email (even blank), to quickly and easily verify that the service is online.
Sending a test email is a quick and easy way to check that there are no problems in the email and verify the correct functioning of the platform
It is not uncommon for a message not to be received to sender errors which, for example, he might have entered an incorrect address.
For this reason, before getting alert it is always advisable to send a test message and, if everything works properly, kindly ask the person on the other end to send the email again, this time specifying the correct address.
Check your Spam and Trash folders
It happens more often than you think that an email message ends incorrectly in Spam Of Gmailespecially if the sender uses a “particular” address or something Google thinks it’s “strange”.
If so just go to junk mail folder and identify that message as Non Spamso that the next message arrives directly in your inbox.
At the same time it is not uncommon that email can be accidentally moved to the Recycle Bin. In this case, simply go to the relevant tab and restore the message.
Try with another browser
If you are unable to log in to Gmail or if the emails didn’t arrive correctly, there could be problems in the browser that could not be compatible with the service (which is very rare) or that could not be updated to the latest version.
Generally, to resolve this, you just need to update the program or try to access your Gmail account from a different browser from the one used.
Check your storage space
As well known, Google makes one available to its users 15 GB storage spacewhich can be used both to archive emails on Gmail that for Google Drive.
When the space is full, the mailbox will no longer receive emails and the user will necessarily have to erase something from memory and “restore” its correct functioning.
Google provides 15 GB of space but, when this runs out, there may be problems receiving email messages
To do this, you need to log in to your account Google Drive and, from the box on the left, scroll to the item Storage.
Here if the space is exhausted there will obviously be the appropriate notification from Google. At this point the user can, as already mentioned, try to delete unnecessary files and recover some memory or consider purchasing additional space.
Mail filters and forwarding
One of the features of Gmail most appreciated by users is the efficient filter system which allow you to automatically archive incoming messages among others personal folders.
It can happen, of course, that any email arrives filtered incorrectly and therefore ends up in a different folder than the one in which it should be located.
To check the filter settings, you need to access Gmail from your PC and click ongear icon top right.
Here we need to go up Settingsclick on See all settings and then select the tab Filters and blocked addresses.
Email filters and forwarding can help users better manage their email account but may also prevent emails from arriving
In this new tab it will be possible to check whether the sender is among those blocked or not and, if so, unblock him to reactivate the correct reception of emails.
The other detail to check when you don’t receive emails is to check if they were active automatic forwarding functionality to another email inbox.
If this were the case, clearly, messages may not arrive at the correct address without the user’s knowledge.
To verify that mail forwarding is disabled, you need to log in to Gmail e click on the gear and then up See all settingsthen you need to click Forwarding and POP/IMAP and, if it is active, deactivate the automatic forwarding option.
Update the mobile app
When using the Google email are uno smartphone Android about are iPhoneit may happen that Gmail login problems or unreceived messages are caused by the failure to update the application.
In this case, solving is simple and just go to the appropriate reference store (App Store are iPhone o Google Play Store on Android devices) e update the official app with a few simple taps.
Contact Google
It may happen, although very rarely, that problems logging in to Gmail or the emails not received are due to force majeure, i.e. a Google server problems which may be under maintenance.
In this case it is temporary disruptions which are resolved within a few hours although, probably, you will need to ask the sender to send the message again.
When this happens, obviously, all you can do is wait for the Big G team to resolve the problem as soon as possible.
Finally, if the problem lasts more than a day, it is always possible contact technical support of the technology giant and report the outage.
To know more: Electronic mail: types, characteristics and how to use it