
In the status bar, you may see fewer bars or dots than usual, indicating a less-than-full-strength connection. Perhaps you turned on Airplane Mode and forgot to turn it off, or you're creeping toward your monthly data limit and turned off cellular data to make sure you did not blow through the cap.Īfter you're sure cellular is turned on, you might be the victim of weak signal strength. It might sound silly, but this could be the reason why you're getting those annoying connection errors in Mail. Rare is the person who turns off the cellular connection on an iPhone, but it does happen. Step 3: Be sure you have an active internet connection Restart by holding down the on/off button until the Apple logo appears. To restart an iPad that has a Home button, press and hold the top button until the power off slider appears. To restart an iPad that has Face ID, press and hold either volume button and the top button until the power off slider appears. On other iPhones, press and hold the top button until the power off slider appears.

On the iPhone SE (2020), 8, 7, or 6, press and hold the side button until the power off slider appears.

Otherwise, your email might not get delivered or it might get sent to the recipient's Junk folder. * If you use a non-iCloud SMTP server, don't use your iCloud email address as a "Send From" address. You should also ask your recipient to contact their email administrator.

