Messages are NOT sending!! HELP!!!

Can receive messages but can not send them on either of the three E-mail accounts we are using.

Sometimes they send and sometimes they don't. You just never know until a customers asks you for information you already sent...It's awful!

Homestead really needs to get this fixed. It's been on on and off issue for me for several months now. A real hassle especially for doing business.

We PAY for HOMESTEAD services!

THIS IS URGENT!

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custom1265

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734 Points

28 days ago

Hey get out, homestead isnt going to fix anything. The merger is basically eliminating homestead is what I suspect. They seem to want customers to leave or dont care. If your site is for business then I urge you to move your site. Look out for Russell and Lynnn, they will mislead you to thinking there is no problem and its all your fault.

You have been warned!

Hi Russell and Lynn

joseph8192

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484 Points

21 days ago

Yes, I have this problem sending e-mail from my iPhone. On my PC laptop it works fine. On the iPhone I can receive and read e-mails but cannot send. It's a certificate problem of some sort based on the iPhone feedback to me. Please help all of us. I posted this issue two months ago. Thank you.

custom1265

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@joseph8192 no one is going to help you or resolve your problem. I'm pretty sure Homestead.com and all its longtime existing customers are being liquidated in a corporate merger. If you leave Homestead.com, you will most likely end up on a platform that is owned by the corporation that purchased Homestead.com. Big Time Monopoly....

I've been here on Homestead for 21 years; I've already moved two of my most important sites out of Homestead.com, my remaining sites can't be edited, they haven't allowed me to edit my sites for almost two months now. They say its technical issues but its all lies, its a push to eliminate the existence of Homestead.com. The new owner of Homstead.com owns Bluehost.com and many other platforms and domain registries. Take my advice look for a new home for your website, you are in an unreliable place right now. Also, dont listen to Russell if he comments, he is a lonely troll that provides information, but it's useless at this point.

Read and look at the dates of other posts, this forum used to be very active, now its a ghost town.

RIP Homestead

21 days ago

joseph8192

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Here's what Gemini told me when I asked about Homestead:

The rumors you've heard are accurate. Homestead.com has gone through several hands since you joined in 2010, and it is currently undergoing a major transition that explains the technical issues and "lack of investment" you’ve noticed.

Current Ownership

As of 2026, Homestead is owned by Newfold Digital.

Newfold Digital is a massive conglomerate formed in 2021 by the merger of two web giants: Endurance International Group (EIG) and Web.com. Newfold is backed by private equity firms Clearlake Capital and Siris Capital.

Ownership History

Your memory of a "recognizable company" is likely Intuit (the makers of QuickBooks and TurboTax), rather than H&R Block. Here is the timeline of how the service moved from a small innovator to a corporate asset:

1997–2007: Founded as an independent company (Homestead Technologies) in California.
2007–2012: Owned by Intuit. Intuit bought it to help small business customers build websites.
2012–2021: Owned by Endurance International Group (EIG). Intuit sold the hosting business to EIG, a company known for buying up smaller hosts (like Bluehost and HostGator) and consolidating their back-end infrastructure.
2021–Present: Following the merger with Web.com, it became part of Newfold Digital.

Current News and Reliability Concerns

The "rumors" of new ownership are likely surfacing now because Homestead is effectively being retired as a standalone brand. In late 2025 and early 2026, Newfold Digital began a massive consolidation effort. Here is what is impacting your service:

Transition to Network Solutions: Homestead is being rebranded and migrated into Network Solutions (another Newfold-owned brand). Many users are seeing banners stating "Homestead is becoming Network Solutions."
Legacy Systems & Bugs: Because Homestead’s original SiteBuilder technology is decades old, it has not received modern updates. Many long-term users are reporting that the "drag-and-drop" editor is broken on modern browsers and that SEO performance has plummeted because the code is outdated.
Service Sunsetting: Recent customer reports (early 2026) indicate that certain legacy features, such as the "Weblisting Service," were officially shut down in January 2026.
Support & Reliability: Under Newfold/EIG management, the business model often shifts toward "standardization." This usually means moving customers to a single global support team and a shared server architecture, which frequently results in the bugs and lack of personalized support you are experiencing.

Going Business Concern

While your website and email are unlikely to "vanish" overnight, the Homestead you knew in 2010 is functionally gone. You are now a customer of a massive private-equity-backed corporation that is focusing its resources on the Network Solutions brand.

Would you like me to research alternative hosting and email providers that specialize in migrating small businesses away from legacy platforms like Homestead?

21 days ago

custom1265

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@joseph8192 After 2 months of not being able to edit my websites, today I was finally able to edit my websites.
But after testing and experiencing other platforms, I am not comfortable with trusting my important websites with homestead anymore. The templates are outdated and no moving features like the newer platforms. My new website on the new platform that I moved to, is 100 times better than I could have made here on Homestead.com, although I can't do as many things on the new platform as I could do on homestead, but the flow of the new site is perfect.

I have been loyal to homestead since 2001, I'm going to stick around with my less important sites to see if homestead will update and improve the platform.

21 days ago

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Messages are NOT sending!! HELP!!!

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Current Ownership

Ownership History

Current News and Reliability Concerns

Going Business Concern

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