Email Troubleshooting

Diagnose email problems before changing settings.

Use XMLA diagnostics to separate DNS, authentication, mailbox, routing, blacklist, password, and device issues before making changes that can make delivery harder to trace.

What To Check

Email failures usually come from one of four layers.

The right fix depends on whether the problem is DNS, authentication, mailbox access, or reputation.

Layer

DNS Route

Confirm the domain points mail to the right mail exchangers and does not have stale routing records.

Layer

Authentication

Review SPF, DKIM, and DMARC signals that affect whether other providers trust your messages.

Layer

Mailbox Access

Separate wrong password, blocked login, IMAP, SMTP, and saved-device credential issues.

Layer

Reputation

Check blacklist and delivery signals that can explain spam folder or rejected-message behavior.

Symptoms

Start with what users actually experience.

A clear symptom helps XMLA move faster from report output to the specific record, setting, password, or mailbox issue.

SMTP

Cannot send

SMTP server, port, authentication, saved password, IP block, or provider throttling may be involved.

MX

Cannot receive

MX records, mailbox quota, routing, forwarding, filters, or domain status may be involved.

Trust

Going to spam

SPF, DKIM, DMARC, message quality, domain reputation, or blacklist signals may be involved.

Sync

Device mismatch

One device may have stale settings while webmail or another client still works correctly.

Diagnostic Tool

Run a domain-level email diagnostic report.

Enter an email address to test mail routing, authentication, DNS, and reputation signals. Use the exported report when opening a support request.

Email Diagnostics & Troubleshooting

Professional domain-level diagnostics for email configuration

Process

Use the report to make fewer, better changes.

Email troubleshooting is faster when each change is tied to a measured signal and then verified afterward.

01

Run diagnostics

Start with the email address or domain-level diagnostic check to collect technical signals.

02

Compare symptoms

Identify whether the issue is sending, receiving, spam placement, login, or device sync.

03

Fix the source

Adjust DNS records, mail settings, passwords, routing, quota, or account configuration.

04

Verify delivery

Send, receive, sync, and review report output before assuming the issue is closed.

Need Human Review?

Send XMLA the report and the exact symptom.

Include whether the problem is sending, receiving, spam placement, login, bouncebacks, or one-device-only behavior so support can focus on the right layer.