Email notification not received

The form is submitted, all data is saved in onOffice, but the email notification either doesn’t arrive or is sent to the wrong person. Here are the most common causes — sorted by email type.


Confirmation email from propform to you

Email ends up in the spam folder

By far the most common cause. Our automated emails end up in the spam folder with some email providers.

Solution:

  • Check the spam folder in your email programme
  • Mark emails from noreply@propform.io as “Not spam”
  • Optional: Set up a filter in your provider’s email settings that always marks emails from propform.io as important

Incorrect email address entered

If you entered your own email address under “Email notification” in the form settings, check it for typos.

Attachments too large

If the uploaded files together are larger than 25 MB, propform will send the email without attachments. The email will still arrive, however. Check your inbox again.

> 📎 You can then only find larger files directly in the relevant onOffice record.

Firewall / spam filter is blocking automatically sent emails

Some corporate spam filters block emails that are identified as “transactional” or “automated”. Speak to your IT administrator and whitelist the domain propform.io.


Email sent via the onOffice API goes to the wrong person

Recipient’s email address is only stored as a secondary or tertiary address

This typically occurs when the recipient’s email address does not exist as the primary address in onOffice, but as a secondary or tertiary email address within another record.

What propform does: If the email does not exist as a primary address, propform automatically creates a new address record with this email so that the message reaches the correct person.

Consequence: You may have an unexpected new address record in onOffice. This is intentional.

📖 More on recipient logic: Email in propform


Email via the onOffice API isn’t being sent at all

API user does not have write permissions for emails

The propform API user needs permission to send emails via the onOffice API.

Solution: Check API permissions — see onOffice API user permissions.

Email template not accessible

If you have selected an onOffice email template in the form settings, check whether the API user is permitted to access the template — record permissions may prevent this.

📖 More on record permissions: My form is not writing any data

onOffice outbox not configured

A working outbox must be configured in onOffice for the relevant users. If this is missing, onOffice will not send the email.


If nothing helps

Please email us at hello@propform.io with the following information:

  • Form URL
  • Date & time of the failed email
  • Which of the three email options you are using (confirmation email from propform / onOffice email #1 / onOffice email #2)
  • Who was supposed to receive the email?