I can't receive emails from someone when this person is not close to me I tried different viewers

[Rolig Loon]

Probably lag on one of the sims.  Either that or she has been typing but hasn't hit the Enter key yet.

[Rolig Loon]

Probably lag on one of the sims.  Either that or she has been typing but hasn't hit the Enter key yet.

[PeterCanessa Oh]

There's no typing animation for IMs

If you "see that she's typing" she's typing in chat

[Ariel Vuissent]

@Peter: I think the OP is referring to the text above the chat window stating "_________ is typing..."

I used to get this all the time, though I get it much less frequently now. It's often lag, as Rolig said, so you might want to ask you friend if the sim they're on is laggy, or maybe yours is. I don't know of any fix for this, unfrotunately, other than to be patient. If you see that the person is typing and get nothing, ask them if they are actually typing, as sometimes the chat window might say they are when they actually aren't. Also, if they send you another message, sometimes that'll "unstick" the chat. Then, if they were typing, just have them send the message again if you didn't get it.