Genius Scan
  • Getting Started
    • Quick Start Guide
      • Genius Scan at a glance
      • Scan documents
      • Take quality scans
      • Quick edit actions
  • Document Management
    • Viewing & Editing Documents
      • Edit, crop and rotate a scan
      • Renaming documents
      • Change a document's page size
      • Delete a document
      • Delete a page
      • Sign and annotate your scans
      • Set up a default filter
    • Organizing Documents
      • Sorting documents
      • Tagging documents and managing tags
      • Create and manage folders
      • Select multiple documents
      • Search your documents
    • Managing Multi-Page Documents
      • Select multiple pages
      • Adding pages to an existing document
      • Merging and splitting documents
      • Reordering pages
      • Moving pages between documents
    • Text Recognition / OCR
      • Enable text recognition
      • Copy text of my scans
      • Search scans with their content
      • Scan and extract a business card
      • Apply Text Recognition on all your old documents
    • Importing pictures and files
      • Import pictures and files (PDF, JPEG...)
      • Import Word, Excel, Web Documents
  • Exporting & Sharing
    • Export Formats & Options
      • Export Scans as PDF
      • Export Scans as JPEG
      • Export Scans as Text
      • Adjusting export settings
    • Export Destination & Shortcuts
      • Manual export instructions
      • Share a document by email
      • Update the email used to export a document
      • Configuring export shortcuts
      • Auto-export rules and configuration
      • Check a document's export history
      • Verify if your documents have been backed up
      • Automatically delete a document after export
    • Service-Specific Guides
      • Export to another app
      • Export to WhatsApp
      • Export via WebDAV
      • Export via FTP
      • Export to the photo gallery
      • Export to Canvas
      • Export via SFTP/FTPS
      • Export to a computer
      • Export to your device memory
      • Export to QuickBooks Online
      • Print documents
    • Expense Reports
      • Set up expense report
      • Generate an expense report
  • Cloud Storage & Backup
    • Back up Overview
    • Built-in Cloud Overview
      • Synchronization & Backup
      • Offloading documents
      • How documents sync across devices automatically
      • Search and filter documents
      • Resolving synchronisation conflicts ⚠️
    • Manual Back-up
    • Transfer Documents to a New Device
  • Subscription, Plans & Account Management
    • Plan Details & Comparison
      • How to subscribe to an advanced plan
      • What happens when my subscription expires?
      • What plan do I have?
      • Cancel your subscription
      • Upgrade or downgrade my subscription
      • Get a receipt from your purchase history
      • Ask for a refund
      • Share my purchase with my family
    • Account Management
      • Create your account
      • Delete your account
      • Update your email address
      • Reset your password
    • Buying Multiple Licenses Online
      • Buy licenses online
      • Manage your licenses
      • Manage billing information
      • Understand pricing & renewal
  • Security & Privacy
    • Document Protection
    • Privacy & Security Overview
    • Privacy Policy
  • Advanced & Developer Resources
    • Genius Scan SDK
    • Configure Genius Scan with a MDM
    • Launch Genius Scan from another app (Developers Guide)
  • Other topics
    • Accessibility Features
    • Troubleshooting & FAQ
      • Troubleshoot Scanning
        • Better automatic document detection
        • How to remove shadows from my scans?
        • My scans are upside down, how can I fix that?
        • What is the DPI of my Scans?
        • How to disable the shutter sound?
        • The camera doesn't work
      • Troubleshooting Email Problems
        • Emails are not sending, or your recipient receives them after a long time
        • The Send button is inactive when I try to email a scanned document
        • An error message tells me my email is not configured
        • I receive multiple emails from Genius Scan
        • I can't send an email on Android
      • I thought I signed up for an account but I can't log in anymore
      • How to recover lost or deleted documents?
      • Genius Scan is taking too much space, what can I do?
      • How to improve the quality of Text Recognition?
      • How to fix the Genius Scan iCloud Drive folder not appearing?
      • Genius Scan is stuck updating
      • How to restore the purchase of the Genius Scan premium features?
      • Why isn't Text Recognition running?
      • How to change Genius Scan's language?
    • Known Issues
      • Send a bug or crash report
      • Scans are blurry on iPhone 15
      • Unable to log in to Expensify
      • Unable to log in to Evernote
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  • Recommendations
  • Check that your email account is configured correctly
  • Send your documents via another mail app
  1. Other topics
  2. Troubleshooting & FAQ
  3. Troubleshooting Email Problems

Emails are not sending, or your recipient receives them after a long time

On iOS, Genius Scan relies on Apple's Mail app to send emails.

PreviousTroubleshooting Email ProblemsNextThe Send button is inactive when I try to email a scanned document

Last updated 1 month ago

This tutorial is for iOS users only.

When you email a scan from Genius Scan, Genius Scan doesn't send the email itself but hands it over to the Mail app. If your email hasn't been received, it is likely stuck in the Mail app. In this case, you can delete the email from your Outbox and send your scan again.

Even if you use a different app for your regular email, this issue is with the Apple Mail app. You can open it from your home screen by tapping this icon:

The icon for the Apple Mail app.

Recommendations

Verify that:

  • The document is not too large for your email server. Typically, email servers might refuse attachments bigger than 10-15 MB.

  • You have a good network connection. If the document is more than a few pages, it might take a long time or fail if your network connection isn't at 4G or Wi-Fi.

Check that your email account is configured correctly

  1. Open the Settings app.

  1. Under Apps, go to Mail and check that your email account is configured correctly.

  1. Once this is done, open the Mail app. Send an email to yourself and check that you correctly received it.

Send your documents via another mail app

If you cannot use the Apple Mail app, consider exporting the document via another email application.

  1. Scan or open a document, and tap the Share button.

  1. Select Other Apps.

Your email is correctly configured for the iOS Mail app. To configure an email account in the Mail app, .

Select your favorite email app, such as , , or , and export your document.

follow this step-by-step guide from Apple
Gmail
Yahoo Mail
Outlook
The Apps section is at the bottom of the Settings screen
The Share button is at the bottom of your screen
Choose your emailing app from the horizontal list