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WHAT TO DO IF YAHOO MAIL WON’T RECEIVE EMAILS?


Yahoo mail is an email service with over 225 million global users. Yahoo!, an American company that is now a part of Verizon Communications, launched this email service. Millions of users actively use Yahoo for their daily exchange of emails. One of the many reasons for this high user base is the compatibility of Yahoo with Windows, iOS, Android, and macOS. Yahoo! Mail is proactive in offering features to its users that prove pretty advantageous. Despite its commendable features and service, users sometimes face problems with Yahoo mail. One of these problems is Yahoo mail not receiving emails, which could either be limited to one sender’s emails or include all senders. You will find the steps to fix this problem in this blog.


STEPS TO FIX YAHOO MAIL NOT RECEIVING EMAILS


The problem with not receiving emails Yahoo can occur due to multiple reasons, varying from certain mail filters, blocked address, server issues, different reply-to address, or browser issues. Irrespective of the reasons, some of the most common solutions are mentioned below. Please try each to see which solution resolves the problem for you.


CHECK SPAM FOLDER


As an essential feature of Yahoo, automatic filtration is much appreciated. But this filter can be the reason behind the problem, as Yahoo may direct your emails to the Spam folder. So, check your spam folder to see if you can find the desired email there. This solution especially applies if Yahoo not receiving emails from Instagram as Yahoo may send the email to spam or promotional category. Please check both folders to make sure.


REPLY-TO ADDRESS


Another feature that Yahoo offers that may be causing Yahoo mail not receiving emails is selecting a different email address as your reply-to email address. For instance, if you send an email using your primary email address and you have a different reply-to address, the email you receive as replies will reflect in your secondary (reply-to) email address. Explore Yahoo settings to ensure that you do not have a different reply-to address.


BLOCKED EMAIL ADDRESSES


Another reason for Yahoo not receiving emails from Instagram may be because you may have blocked Instagram’s mails on your Yahoo account. Please check the list for all blocked addresses to ensure that your sender’s email address isn’t listed there. Remove it if you find it.


You can resolve the problem with you not receiving emails on Yahoo account problem with the solutions mentioned in this blog. For more information, please feel free to visit our other blogs.

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