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March 25, 2022
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Bounced emails and delivery issue when sending invoices and purchase orders

  • March 25, 2022
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Bounced emails and delivery issue when sending invoices and purchase orders

We are having many issues with QuickBooks Online when we are sending invoices and purchase orders. When we create and send an invoice to a customer, we would normally receive an email copy in our mailbox (this option is ticked in QuickBooks Online > Account Settings > Sales > Messages). However, sometimes we have not received the email copy in our mailbox but the customer has received the invoice email in their mailbox. Then on QuickBooks Online Dashboard, under Get Things Done, a message box called Tasks appears, indicating there are errors. These errors show there are Bounced Emails but do not say which email has bounced. When we press the Send button to resend the email, the error disappears, but would then reappear after a refresh, with the same error message. Aside from the error message on the Dashboard, if we go to the Invoices page we would see the Status for the invoice would show Delivery Issue. If we click on that Invoice, the error message shows "Invoice undelivered We couldn’t reach some of your customers. Double check the email address and try again. Resend invoice". If we click Resend Invoice, it would show the email is sent, but after a refresh of the page, the error message still persists. However, when we contact the customer, they say they have received multiple emails of the same invoice and are infuriated.

 

Another issue is sometimes we would receive the email copy in our mailbox but the customer would not receive the invoice email. Then on QuickBooks Online there would be no error messages anywhere. Then, when the invoice is overdue, we would follow up with the customer to demand payment, where they would say they have not received any invoice email. Then, we would have to manually send our email copy of the invoice to the customer as we cannot rely on the QuickBooks Online system.

 

Another issue is sometimes, we would not receive the email copy in our mailbox and the customer would also not receive any email. Then on QuickBooks Online there would be no error messages anywhere. Then we would go through the same procedure as the last issue, but would have to instead manually save the invoice as a PDF and email it to the customer. After we try to resend the invoice through QuickBooks, then it would show the error messages, but we would still not receive any emails nor the customer.

 

We would also have these issues with creating and sending Purchase Orders.

 

We have tried using another email of a different domain and sometimes that would work. Quickbooks then said this problem was caused by our email provider, whom we contacted. They said there were no changes made to any of our accounts/services and there were no filters or email blocking for quickbooks/intuit. They said quickbooks have to check there outgoing mail server settings and when we contacted quickbooks about this, they simply said there was nothing wrong on their end.

 

 

We can send and receive all other mail perfectly find through our mailbox of the same email. Clearly there is something wrong with quickbooks. We would be grateful if anybody has a solution to this or if Quickbooks could sort out their issues.

12 replies

March 25, 2022

I can see the urgency of resolving your concern, Atul4.


We’ll have to review your Sales settings to determine the cause of the bounced emails. To ensure the safety of your account, I recommend contacting our QuickBooks Online (QBO) Support Team again.


If you have the case number handy, provide it to our specialists to speed up the process. This way, they can perform the troubleshooting steps from where the previous one left off. Also, they’ll assist you through the process of how to apply the permanent fix. Then ensure you’ll no longer encounter bounced emails and purchase orders.


To reach them:

 

  1. Go to the Help icon at the top to select the Contact Us link.
  2. Enter a brief description of your concern in the field box and click the Continue button to see the list of support options.
  3. Then choose Chat to start a conversation or Callback to speak with an agent.


I’m adding some links below for additional resources. These articles will guide you on how to troubleshoot email delivery issues. They’re from another region, but the solutions also apply to the UK version.

 

 

Additionally, you can bookmark this link in your browser for future reference. It outlines the steps to resolve when customers are unable to receive your emails.


Reach out to me again if you have additional concerns about emailing invoices and purchase orders. I’ll get back to make sure this is taken care of for you. Have a good one.

Atul4Author
March 29, 2022

Thank you for your response. 

Just an update, I still have all these issues as previously listed. I read through and have already followed the steps listed in all the links provided, but they were unable to solve the issue.

 

I have also contacted the support team numerous times with no clear help or solution available.

The case numbers are as follows: 

Quickbooks support case numbers:
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Hope this helps and can be solve as soon as possible. It is very inconvenient and time costly to have to manually save each invoice as a PDF and to ask each and every customer if they've received emails.
 
Thank you.
April 1, 2022

Thank you for joining the thread, @JD93. I’ll share some information with your concern about sending invoice in QuickBooks Online (QBO).

 

Currently, there’s an open investigation (INV-69394) regarding this matter. Thus, our engineers are still working on a permanent fix for this issue.

 

For real-time assistance with our support, I suggest you contact our support team. They can assist you in real-time and walk you through every step of the process. Also, they’ll be able to add you to the affected users and notify you once a fix is available.

 

Here’s how to get in touch with them:

 

  1. Go to the (?) Help icon in your QuickBooks Online (QBO) account.
  2. Select the Search tab, and click Contact Us.
  3. Enter a brief discussion of your concern and click Continue.
  4. Select either Chat with us (if you preferred messaging) or Give us a call.

 

Please ensure to review their support hours to know when agents are available. This way, you can contact them at a time that is convenient for you.

 

If you need further assistance regarding your QuickBooks Online transactions, you can always leave a comment below. Stay safe!

April 1, 2022

We are having the same issue.

We use QB online for 8 years now, all of the sudden invoices appear only 'sent' but our customers don't receive them. We resend the invoices several times on different dates, but they never makes it to the customer nor do we receive the copy which we usually do.

That happens not with every invoice. We are working with many drop ship customers so they get multiple invoices a day from us, and only some get delivered, some of them don't. The email address is always the same (saved in QB, not manually entered). 

We are struggling with this issue for around 2 months now.

 

May 3, 2022

Also after 6 years we are seeing same issue, bounce backs.

Normal email is fine.

Tried different browsers, looks like common problem.

May 5, 2022

Same issue on my end. Same clients the past 6 years, no changes on our end or theirs and suddenly can't send invoices, bounced emails and errors. Oddly, today I tried to send off 4 invoices to long time customers, 2 went through fine and 2 didn't which means I have to download them as pdfs and email them directly, which worked fine. Strange that I can send them via any email client and never get errors except through you guys. I talked to support yesterday and they suggested a different browser in incognito mode, seems like window dressing. All the emails address I have built into my QuickBooks customer base work fine in any email client, they just won't send via QuickBooks. A fix to this soon would be excellent, it's extremely frustrating 

May 25, 2022

Good afternoon QB team,

 

I am also experiencing the same issue. I've tried editing the saved contact details (deleting, saving, editing and re-entering email addresses I've double checked) and resending and nothing is working. Completely randomly some invoices get through, others bounce. Sometimes to the same client one will get through and another will have the delivery issue. I've followed all the recommended steps. I am not cc'ing or bcc'ing anyone on these either.

 

Please, there needs to be a resolution to this as the only way to check is to physically review all invoices you send and then I have to edit to download the invoice and manually send explaining the situation and it is getting extremely tedious. I only discovered the issue when I realised a key client has a load of overdue invoices that were unpaid which is totally out of character - this issue can seriously affect a company's cash flow! 

 

Please help urgently. Thank you in advance.

May 25, 2022

Hello Tim A, thanks for joining this thread, we are aware of this issue and our engineers are still working on getting this fixed for our customers. 

As a workaround for in the meantime please use the option to manually download the invoices and send them from outside of QuickBooks as a workaround. 

 

May 31, 2022

Some emails to certain clients don't appear to have the issue, to others (in a nationwide company) it is either sporadically or consistently effected.

 

I presume that would be the engineers first port of call but...  Is the [email address removed] email address on a spamming list that is obstructing it getting through company domain servers?

May 28, 2022

It's now May 2022 and we are experiencing the same issue and unfortunately, it's really inconsistent. We've never had an issue with emailing our invoices through QBO before but now every email seems to "bounce". The frustrating thing is sometimes when my end says there's been a delivery issue the client is actually receiving them and I'm just not getting the copy. Other times it seems I get them and the client misses them. And there is no way to tell what has happened in each instance so I'm forced to watch for if the invoice updates to say it's been viewed or to contact the client directly to query if they received their invoice.  Both options are time consuming and unprofessional. 

I've read in other threads that the issue is under investigation but would like an update on how close the fix is. 

RenjolynC
May 28, 2022

Thanks for sharing your situation on this thread, Hinton Painting.

 

I'd like to provide some information about the bounced emails.

 

I did some research on my end and found an ongoing investigations about the bounced email when sending invoices or reminders to customers. However, your country is not included in the investigation. When your invoices bounced back, the customer's email service sends a failure or delivery error notification to your email service. If the delivery failure error is sent to us by your email service provider, a notification is added to the transaction stating the email delivery failed.

 

You can view the list of bounced emails with delivery errors by following these steps:

 

  1. Go to the Dashboard on the left panel.
  2. Under Tasks, select View the errors. (Note: The View the Errors link lists the emails with delivery errors sent through your email provider's server. In the delivery errors section, the delivery date, type, Ref No., Customer, error and delivery method are found.)

 

To resolve this issue, we can perform the basic troubleshooting steps. This helps to rule out any browser-related issues. Let's start by opening an incognito or private browser. Using this mode, your browsing history, search history, and cookies will not be stored.

 

Here are the keyboard shortcuts:

 

  • Google Chrome: Ctrl Shift N
  • Mozilla Firefox: Ctrl Shift P
  • Safari: Command Option P

 

Next, sign in to your QuickBooks Online account and try sending an invoice to your email or your customer's email address. If it was successfully sent, then we can go back to your regular browser and clear its cache. Clearing your browser's cache helps to troubleshoot and remove any outdated files that is causing the issue. After clearing cache, our final step is to make sure you restart your browser. Doing this helps to refresh the page. Alternatively, you can use a different supported browser.

 

If you're still getting the same result after the troubleshooting steps, then I recommend reaching out to our Customer Care Team. They have more tools available to investigate what's causing this problem and can work with our engineers to get the issue fixed. Please take note that our support hours for QuickBooks Online Plus, Essentials, and Simple Start starts from M-F 6 AM to 6 PM PT and Saturday 6 AM to 3 PM PT. For the Advanced version, we're available any time, any day.

 

Here's how you can reach out to us:

 

  1. Click the Help icon located in the upper right-hand corner.
  2. In the Search window, click the Contact Us button located at the bottom.
  3. Enter your question and click Let's talk.
  4. Choose either Chat with us or Have us call you.

 

If you have the new QuickBooks Assistant help update, you can follow these steps:

 

  1. In your QuickBooks Online account, go to the Help > Assistant.
  2. Type Talk to a human and enter what do you need help with.
  3. Click No if none of the articles shared are helpful and select Chat with us or Have us call you.

 

You can also get our direct phone number through this link: QuickBooks Online Support.

 

Additionally, you can check out this article to help manage your invoices: Create invoices in QuickBooks Online.

 

You're always welcome to post a reply on this thread if you have more questions or need help with other features. The Community is available to help.

June 11, 2022

Hello, I am having the same issue which has bene ongoing for weeks now - i send invoices and the customer does not receive them event though the email address is fine, when will this be resolved?? 

June 12, 2022

Welcome to the QuickBooks Community. I'll be providing details about the status of the issue of customers unable to receive invoices. Then, ensure you can accomplish your goal by performing some steps as a workaround.

 

The issue of customers aren't receiving invoices is still ongoing. Our team is aware of the matter and we're currently implementing measures to fix this issue. Please know that this is a high priority for us and will continue to be a focus until fully resolved.

 

For now, we are unable to provide an exact time frame when this will be fixed. However, I recommend completing some alternative ways below how to send the invoices so your customers can receive those sales entries.

 

  •  You can save your invoice as a PDF and send it via email through your business or other email address.
  • You can send your customer a link to their invoice via SMS or messenger service. You'll have to click on save and share link and copy link and then, paste it into your SMS or messenger.
  • You can save your invoice as a PDF and print it. Then, send your customer their invoice through email.

 

Then, I suggest contacting our QuickBooks Support Team if you haven't reached them. This is to ensure they can add you to our notification list. This will help our engineers determine the number of affected users. You'll also receive an update through email once this has been resolved.

 

Lastly, you may refer to this article to see details on how the Sales page helps you to view all sales transactions and invoice status at a glance: View sales transactions.

 

If you need further assistance regarding your QuickBooks Online sales transactions, you can always leave a comment below, RL89. I'm always here to help. Stay safe!

June 12, 2022

"The issue of customers aren't receiving invoices is still ongoing. "

 

lol thanks, bot.

 

Oh and thanks for the workaround that can add potentially hours of additional of work depending on the size of the customer.  Will you be discounting your service during this completely uncalled for and unacceptable impaired period?  Not likely, amirite?  Please don't delude yourself into thinking these messages pacify anyone experiencing this issue. Keep your foot on the gas and get it fixed right away, or start discounting your service. There really isn't an ethical third choice.

 

 

June 24, 2022

Yes we have been having this issue for some months now,  it appears to be getting worse.

 

Issues happening in a random way and with customers who we have had no issues with in the past.

 

Quickbooks support fairly unhelpful... some suggestions included 'sending customers a screenshot' or 'posting a printed copy to the customer' ! 

 

This issue is a worry for some obvious reasons... impact on cashflow, quickbooks users reputation with their own customers... etc etc.   However Intuits approach to this issue is even more of a worry.... is our data safe?  Could we be put in a position where our data is inaccessible or lost?  I have to say I'm really seriously worried about our reliance on this service which seems more and more fragile. 

June 24, 2022

Hi BuxtonPudding, thanks for joining this thread - please be assured your data remains secure and our team are working towards a resolution to the undeliverable emails with priority. We understand and apologise for the frustration caused in the meantime. 🙏

June 24, 2022

I am having the same issues invoices I have sent to customers for years now bouncing, getting really pissed of as a one man band I don't have time to chase everything up I have resorted to sending nvoice to me me then saying as a PDF  then forwarding to the customer not exactly user friendly, another thing that pees me of if I have a Mrs Smith at one address and another Mrs Smith and another address, you have to modify the name to add it to the system as Smith is already on the data base I'm thinking of going back to easy invoicing I used for years always got through no conflict with customers names  only no bank reconciliation but maybe a price worth paying also one payment , a lot less than paying for something that doesn't work for me.

September 8, 2023

8th September 2023 and I am getting the same issues with every invoice I send. there is zero point in paying for a service that cuases more problems than it fixes. Especially when those problems are the problems they claim to eleviate!! Pathetic performance. 

Adrian_A
September 8, 2023

We want you to come across a different experience than this, Sean.

 

I understand how it feels when you encounter recurring issues with emailing invoices. To ensure this issue gets resolved in no time, I recommend reaching out to our phone experts. One of the agents has a tool that can check your account, and they can create an investigation about this matter. You can contact them through the ? Help icon.

 

Here's how:

 

  1. Click the ? Help icon.
  2. On the Assistant tab, enter Talk to a human.
  3. You can enter Bounced emails and delivery issues as your keywords.
  4. Select how you'll want to contact us.

 

Moreover, you may also want to view all your sales transactions. You can go to the Sales menu and select All Sales. This will give you a great view of the status of sales transactions, open invoices, and paid invoices.

 

Keep me posted whenever you have concerns about QuickBooks.

June 28, 2022

We have also been having the same issues for months now, I have to send some manually outside of the system which just doesn't look as professional 

 

Its not until we are chasing for payment that we then know they haven't received an invoice, or they receive the same invoice multiple times. 

 

This is a basic procedure for an accounts package and I'm god smacked they still haven't managed to sort it! You need new developers as they don't seem to be able to do anything correctly or within a decent time frame.

 

We are also looking into a new accounts package as QB just isn't up to scratch with most of the others now.

June 28, 2022

there is another thread too

 

a member posted this  - 

 

Re: My emailed invoices are not being received by my customers

The whole situation is appalling. 

The left hand doesn't know what the right is doing at QB. 

Where else can a technical issue take nearly 5 months to resolve, their own customer service advisers don't appear to know about it and waste time running through pointless checks etc, there is no compensation for lost time and their own we will, have it fixed by deadlines come and go.

The amount of hours being wasted by customers is ridiculous.

i don't even have any confidence that QB will advise on this thread when they finally fix this. 

A Trustpilot review elicited a response from their social media team  asked me for more details on the issue - and also gave a link to claim a refund - so once again this issue is not being communicated to their customer service teams - and guess what they want you to spend more time completing forms for a refund - but that doesn't apply if you are using the accountants version - the accountant would receive the refund.

Hopeless 

 

 

June 28, 2022

Same problems, undelivered invoices, completely random for a few months now

Saving undelivered invoices as pdf's and emailing them to customers, but it can be 30 a day, proper pain in the backside!

How can it take a  $100 billion company over 5 months to resolve a problem as fundamental as their customers being unable to send invoices

No-one there seems to give a toss

July 2, 2022

i have the same problem did quickbooks reply with a definitive answer ?  It is bad enough and time consuming having to manually resend invoices that quickbooks cannot deliver but I also saw  that I should tell my customers to adjust some settings. That isn't going to happen so I need to know urgently why so many people are suddenly affected with this issue and what quickbooks are doing about it.

July 2, 2022

I know you've spent a lot of time on this already, @qed1967.

 

I'll be providing details about the status of the issue of customers being unable to receive invoices.

 

Currently, the issue of customers' not receiving invoices is still ongoing. Our engineers are now working diligently to provide a permanent fix.
 

For now, we are unable to provide an exact time frame when this will be fixed. I suggest contacting our QuickBooks Support Team if you haven't reached them. This is to ensure they can add you to our notification list. This will help our engineers determine the number of affected users. You'll also receive an update via email once this has been resolved.

 

Lastly, you may refer to this article to see details on how the Sales page helps you to view all sales transactions and invoice status at a glance: View sales transactions.

 

If you need further assistance regarding your QuickBooks Online transactions, you can always leave a comment below. Stay safe.

September 29, 2022

This has been a chronic issue for several months with countless promises that the technical team is working on a fix. Every few weeks we receive an update with a new promise, the last was:

 

"The next update regarding the issue 'QBO UK - Customer’s invoice blocked, bounces back or getting rejected when being sent.' has been scheduled for 9/12/2022. Alternatively you will be updated sooner if new information arises, a resolution if found or a fix is deployed in product."

 

It's now the end of September and there is been no update, no communication, nothing. We will be switching to Sage as soon as possible.