Hi there! I understand you’ve been having trouble forwarding emails from your Gmail account to your iCloud email through the Our Daily Bread app on your Windows 10 device for the last two weeks. To help you better, could you tell me if this forwarding is supposed to happen automatically (via Gmail settings) or are you trying to manually forward a specific email through the app? Also, are you receiving any error messages or is the email just not arriving in your iCloud inbox?

Once I know a bit more, I can guide you through the right steps. Meanwhile, I’ll share a general step-by-step process for setting up forwarding from Gmail to iCloud that might help:

1. Check Gmail Forwarding Settings:
- Log into your Gmail account on a browser.
- Go to Settings (gear icon) > See all settings > Forwarding and POP/IMAP.
- Ensure you have added your iCloud email as a forwarding address and that forwarding is enabled. Gmail usually sends a verification code to your iCloud email that you need to confirm.

2. Verify iCloud Email Receiving:
- Log into your iCloud Mail to check if the forwarded Gmail emails show up or if there’s any spam or junk folder misplacement.
- Also, check your iCloud email storage isn’t full, which could stop new emails from coming through.

3. App Email Forwarding:
- If Our Daily Bread app has its own forwarding feature, ensure you’re following the app’s specific instructions. Sometimes apps may have restrictions or need to be updated to work correctly with forwarding.

4. Check Network and Security Settings:
- Occasionally, firewalls or antivirus software on Windows 10 can block certain app functions. Temporarily disable these and test forwarding again.

5. Update or Reinstall the App:
- Make sure Our Daily Bread app is updated to the latest version. If issues persist, uninstall and reinstall it.

If you’ve already tried some of these, please let me know which ones so I can suggest more advanced troubleshooting. Also, sometimes forwarding can be interrupted if Apple or Google have service issues, so I can help check that as well.

Are you primarily forwarding individual emails or do you want all incoming Gmail emails forwarded to iCloud automatically? This will help me customize the advice.

Looking forward to your reply!

I receive ODB in my gmail and fwd it to a friend with an icloud email and have been doing this for 20 years. Now won't send and says it's blocked. Hope that helps.

Thanks for clarifying! Since you’ve been forwarding Our Daily Bread emails from your Gmail to an iCloud address for many years without issue, and now Gmail says the emails are “blocked,” it sounds like a recent change in iCloud’s filtering or blocking policies might be causing this.

Here’s what’s likely happening and some steps to try:

1. Apple’s Blocking or Filtering:
Apple has been known to silently block or filter some incoming emails without clear notifications, especially if emails are flagged as potential bulk or spam2. Sometimes this can affect legitimate forwarded messages.

2. Check Bounce-Back or Failure Messages:
When Gmail says “blocked,” is there a detailed bounce-back or error message? This sometimes includes clues like “rejected for spam,” or “blocked by recipient server.” Please share that if you have it.

3. Adjust Forwarding Settings:
- Log into your Gmail on a browser.
- Review your forwarding settings (Settings > Forwarding and POP/IMAP) and temporarily disable forwarding. Then try manually forwarding an email directly from Gmail’s web interface to your friend’s iCloud address.
- If that works, the problem might be with an automatic forwarding system (like the app or filters).

4. Have Your Friend Check iCloud Spam/Junk Folder:
Sometimes forwarded emails get routed into junk or filtered folders on the iCloud side. Your friend can also check their iCloud Mail blocked sender list and remove any accidental blocks.

5. Ask Your Friend to Whitelist Your Gmail Address:
iCloud doesn’t have a straightforward whitelist, but they can create a rule in iCloud Mail to always allow emails from your Gmail address or mark them as “Not Junk.”

6. Contact Apple Support if Needed:
Since Apple controls iCloud mail filtering, if legitimate emails keep being blocked despite the above, your friend might need to contact Apple support for help with their mail filtering1.

7. Temporary Workaround:
- You can try forwarding the email from Gmail to another email address (like Outlook or Yahoo) and then forwarding that to the iCloud address, or
- Sending the email directly from the Our Daily Bread app or website to your friend’s iCloud email.

If you want, I can help you test manual forwarding or assist further with settings review. Could you please check if you have a bounce-back or error message from Gmail about this “blocked” forwarding? That will give us clearer clues.

Are you able to test manually forwarding one of these emails directly in Gmail’s web interface to the iCloud address? Let me know how it goes!

Solutions for forwarding Our Daily Bread emails to iCloud

Thanks for your question about forwarding Our Daily Bread emails to an iCloud address using the Our Daily Bread app on your Windows 10 device.

Currently, the Our Daily Bread app itself does not provide a built-in automatic forwarding feature for emails it sends. Instead, Our Daily Bread delivers daily devotionals directly to your email inbox based on the email address you provide during sign-up6.

Here’s how you can manage forwarding Our Daily Bread emails to iCloud:

1. Set Your iCloud Email as the Primary Email Address:
If you want to receive Our Daily Bread devotionals directly at your iCloud email, you can update your subscription email address to your iCloud email by signing up or updating your preferences on the Our Daily Bread website. Visit this page to register or change your email: https://odb.org/register/.

2. Manual Forwarding from Gmail:
Since you receive the emails first in Gmail, you can manually forward individual emails from Gmail’s web interface to your friend’s iCloud email. This is practical if forwarding just a few emails.

3. Automatic Forwarding via Gmail Settings:
If you want all incoming Our Daily Bread emails forwarded automatically from your Gmail to iCloud, you can set up forwarding in Gmail itself:
- Log into Gmail on your browser.
- Go to Settings (gear icon) > See all settings > Forwarding and POP/IMAP.
- Add your friend’s iCloud address as a forwarding address and verify it.
- Create a filter using the sender’s email address (like the official Our Daily Bread sender) and set it to forward those emails.
This way, only Our Daily Bread emails get forwarded automatically.

4. Ask Your Friend to Whitelist Our Daily Bread Sender in iCloud:
Since blocking or filtering might happen on the iCloud side, your friend can add the sender’s email address to their iCloud Mail contacts or rules to ensure these emails land safely in the inbox.

If you want, I can help walk you through setting up Gmail automatic forwarding filters step-by-step. Just let me know!

Are these options what you were looking for? Or would you like help setting up any of them?