Title: Blocked on sending
Last modified: April 22, 2023

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# Blocked on sending

 *  Resolved [minutepapillon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/minutepapillon/)
 * (@minutepapillon)
 * [3 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blocked-on-sending/)
 * Hi,
 * Newsletter is blocked on the “Sending in progress” step.
 * I use a SMTP plugin. I successfully sent test emails with both Newsletter and
   the SMTP plugin.
 * No matter how long I wait, no email is sent.
 * Any advice ?
 * Thanks,
   Nicolas

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 *  Plugin Author [Stefano Lissa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/satollo/)
 * (@satollo)
 * [3 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blocked-on-sending/#post-16679034)
 * Hi, it is blocked on 0 over X emails to send or is there a minimum of progress?
   Could you check the System panel for warnings?
 *  Thread Starter [minutepapillon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/minutepapillon/)
 * (@minutepapillon)
 * [3 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blocked-on-sending/#post-16679658)
 * Hi, Stefano, and thank you for your answer.
 * Well, it was blocked on 0 over X emails. And just checked a minute ago. The Newsletter
   page says that the 3 emails where sent ( 2 hours before I started this post which
   does not make no sens … wait, it makes sens with what follows …).
 * Moreover, no email has been received.
 * No warning whatsoever.
 * I am tying now with another one. It is also blocked.
   But … !!! … if I go to the
   Newletter**S **page, it is displayed as 100% done.Back to the single newsletter
   page it appears as blocked. (even after F5).
 * Ak ! I have received an email on an non Yahoo address … all the emails sent to
   Yahoo addresses were not delivered.
 * So, 2 problems now. Sorry.
 * … well, I admit that providing support in the tough area of newsletters and mail
   delivery must be mentally straining …
   So, a double thank you !
 *  Plugin Author [Stefano Lissa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/satollo/)
 * (@satollo)
 * [2 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blocked-on-sending/#post-16684294)
 * Hi, the progress indicator is not updated continuously, so a page refresh is 
   required to see new values. If, in the list, the indicator is reporting 100% 
   it means the emails have been sent. Sent does not means delivered, they can blocked
   on one of the many steps from your blog to the destination mailbox.
 * If you want to go deeper on the tech details, this is an article I wrote some
   time ago: [https://www.satollo.net/how-email-delivery-works-in-wordpress-and-why-it-can-fail](https://www.satollo.net/how-email-delivery-works-in-wordpress-and-why-it-can-fail).
 * I suggest starting with some tests from the System/delivery panels and possibly
   using an SMTP (maybe your hosting provider is providing even mailboxes for your
   domain and so an SMTP to send emails from your site).
 *  Thread Starter [minutepapillon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/minutepapillon/)
 * (@minutepapillon)
 * [2 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blocked-on-sending/#post-16698257)
 * Thank you Stefano !

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 * Last reply from: [minutepapillon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/minutepapillon/)
 * Last activity: [2 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blocked-on-sending/#post-16698257)
 * Status: resolved