imessage issues, email not working but phone number is

I am able to receive imessages with my phone number, but I have an online friend who is attempting to send me imessages through my email and it is not working. Both my email and phone are selected as options in send/receive in settings. Am I missing something else?

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I've tried deactivating and reactivating imessage and that hasn't helped either.

Posted on Sep 30, 2022 08:46 AM

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Posted on Sep 30, 2022 09:48 PM

Wondering if your online friend is sending using cellular data (SMS / MMs) or wi-fi

and if you can receive both kinds of messages (cellular data and wi-fi) ok.

Try checking in Settings > Messages


You might need to check with your provider whether your data plan allows SMS MMS


Also:

Seems you might find under Settings > Messages > Receive

that you need to allow both your phone and eMail address to receive messages.


Or if all that is ok:

You might want to look through Apple Support's article (link below) to see if anything there helps.

If you can't send or receive messages on your iPhone or iPad - Apple Support


or

You can try contacting Apple Support

There's a "Get Support" link at top right on this discussion page.


All the best :-)

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Sep 30, 2022 09:48 PM in response to DeanCD

Wondering if your online friend is sending using cellular data (SMS / MMs) or wi-fi

and if you can receive both kinds of messages (cellular data and wi-fi) ok.

Try checking in Settings > Messages


You might need to check with your provider whether your data plan allows SMS MMS


Also:

Seems you might find under Settings > Messages > Receive

that you need to allow both your phone and eMail address to receive messages.


Or if all that is ok:

You might want to look through Apple Support's article (link below) to see if anything there helps.

If you can't send or receive messages on your iPhone or iPad - Apple Support


or

You can try contacting Apple Support

There's a "Get Support" link at top right on this discussion page.


All the best :-)

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