why won't my emails with attachments send on my S7 using my gmail account?

[AC Question]

I have been sending emails from my gmail account for 7 months without problem. But in the last week I have had issues with my emails sitting in my outbox and not sending. then randomly they send. Even after trying to refresh my gmail account it just says it is queued up waiting to send. HELP PLEASE

 

[nrjank]

This is apparently a well known problem with Gmail right now. From reports it appears to be on the server side, not your phone/app/settings/etc. Full factory resets haven't fixed it. See:

http://productforums.google.com/d/topic/gmail/rmpIQIdqYnQ

So far the main workarounds seem to be:

1 - a few people have gotten temporary fixes by clearing data/cache/reinstalling gmail, but not everyone, and usually the problem returns.

2 - Some people have tried the Inbox by Google app, which is a less used alternative app for accessing Gmail.

3 - Use the webmail interface by going to gmail.com in your mobile browser.

That google forum link above does have instructions on putting a full bug report together, although a number of people are reporting that they don't have instructions on how to submit a report once they create it.