Form emails not arriving

What to check when contact-form messages don't reach your inbox.

First, check the site's page (Manage) → Form messages. Every message is kept there, even if the email failed — nothing is lost.

Form messages on the site's page
Form messages on the site's page

If the message is there

Look at the small note next to the message's date:

  • No note — the email was sent. Check your spam or junk folder, and add the sender to your contacts.
  • "email not sent (…)" — the reason is in brackets. Often it's a wrong password or server setting in your own mail server settings.
  • "sent via …" — your own mail server failed, so we sent it another way. The reason is shown.

Also check Settings → Send form messages to on the site's page — is the address right?

If the message isn't there

  • Has the site been published since you added the form?
  • Is the form connected? The Contact form block always is. Your own forms need the right Action and Method POST.
  • Sent lots of test messages quickly? Each visitor can send 5 messages per 10 minutes.

Using Gmail?

Gmail needs an app password — your normal password won't work. See Sending form emails through your own email account.

Updated Oct 12, 2026, 7:47 PM

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