

Most ISPs have a status page, and Apple’s is here. The next question is whether the remote server is running normally. If it does, then you need to look at your networking more generally. Before you go any further, satisfy yourself that this is only a problem with mail, and doesn’t affect any other Internet service. This article considers how you can find out what’s causing that, and how to fix it.įor something so everyday, mail is surprisingly complex, and for it to work properly there are many different systems which must be correctly set up. Although it might stop receiving mail, most commonly the problem is that it can’t send any.

For example, every so often a mail system which has been running happily suddenly decides that it’s not going to work any more.
