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Invalid Email icon

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On certain overviews, you may see an invalid email icon next to customer email addresses. This article will help you identify and resolve the underlying issue.

Understanding the invalid Email icon

When you see the invalid email icon, it means that an email sent to that customer's address was not successfully delivered. There are several possible reasons for this, and we've created a checklist to help you diagnose the problem.

Check your email integration settings

When to check this:
You notice a high number of invalid email icons across multiple customers.

Most common cause:
Issues with your SMTP server configuration.

How to diagnose:

  1. Navigate to Activity > Email
  2. Look for Email errors
  3. Review the error messages displayed

The error messages will typically indicate the root cause of the delivery failures, such as:

  • Authentication failures
  • Connection timeouts
  • Server rejections
  • Configuration issues

Next steps:
If you find errors here, review your email configuration settings or contact your IT administrator to verify your SMTP credentials and settings.

Verify your email server response codes

When to check this:
The invalid email icon appears, but you can confirm the email was actually delivered to the recipient.

Most common cause:
Your SMTP server is sending incorrect delivery status responses to Twikey.

What's happening:
When you use your own SMTP server, Twikey relies on the response codes your server sends back after attempting delivery. Sometimes your server may send a "bounce," "undeliverable," or "failure" response even though the email was successfully delivered.

Common scenarios:

  • Your email server reports a temporary failure but still delivers the email
  • Bounce notifications are misconfigured
  • Server response codes don't match actual delivery status

How to fix this:
Contact your IT administrator or email server provider to:

  1. Review your server's delivery response configuration
  2. Ensure bounce handling is configured correctly
  3. Verify that success/failure response codes accurately reflect actual delivery status

Successful delivery removes the invalid icon

Good news:
The invalid email flag is not permanent.

How it works:
If there were previous delivery issues, the invalid email icon will automatically be cleared the next time we successfully deliver an email to that customer's address.

What this means:

  • One-time delivery failures won't permanently flag an address
  • If the issue was temporary (e.g., recipient's mailbox was full), the flag will clear on the next successful delivery
  • You don't need to manually remove the flag

When to take action:
If the invalid email icon persists across multiple email attempts, investigate using steps 1 and 2 above, as this indicates an ongoing issue rather than a temporary problem.

Quick troubleshooting summary

SymptomLikely CauseWhere to CheckSolution
Many invalid email iconsSMTP configuration issueActivity > EmailReview email integration errors and fix SMTP settings
Invalid icon but email was deliveredServer response mismatchYour email server logsContact IT to fix server response codes
Invalid icon on single customerTemporary delivery issueWait for next email attemptFlag will auto-clear on successful delivery

Still having issues?

If you've followed these steps and are still seeing invalid email icons:

  1. Check with your IT department - They can review server logs and configuration
  2. Test with Twikey's SMTP server - Temporarily switch to see if the issue persists
  3. Contact Twikey support - We can help investigate email delivery logs (additional fees may apply)
Last Update: 2026-02-06