Emails send yet they stay in outbox??

gluestick · 05-22-2006, 09:14 AM

Hello, I have a problem with my outlook & outlook express. I write an e-mail and when I go and click send all it does is stay in the outbox and flash a warning on the outbox-status window.. people tell me they've received the email numerous times, eventhough it hasn't left the outbox on my pc. Can someone tell me how to resolve this? It's very important I know my work emails are sending.

Thanks in advance.

**TheMatt** · 05-22-2006, 01:29 PM

Hi, and welcome to TSF!
Is it in the sent items folder? If so, then it was sent. Also, there may be an option that is saving the e-mails to the outbox upon sending. If the e-mails are sent all the time even when they are saved to the outbox, then I wouldn't worry about it.

MAQ_FR · 05-23-2006, 06:54 AM

You say Outlook and Outlook Express, are you using both at the same time for the same email account? - I've seen it happen where this is going on and for example, Outlook sends ok, but the same mail stays in teh OE outbox.

just a thought

ssahakian · 10-31-2009, 08:59 PM

I had the same problem.
I moved all my Sent folder items to a folder I called Sent 2009. I had to move them a little bit at a time.
I deleted my Sent folder once it was empty.
The system recreated the Sent folder.
The problem went away.
My Sent folder was corrupt.
Hope this helps

05-22-2006, 09:14 AM	#1 (permalink)
gluestick Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 5 OS: XP	Emails send yet they stay in outbox?? Hello, I have a problem with my outlook & outlook express. I write an e-mail and when I go and click send all it does is stay in the outbox and flash a warning on the outbox-status window.. people tell me they've received the email numerous times, eventhough it hasn't left the outbox on my pc. Can someone tell me how to resolve this? It's very important I know my work emails are sending. Thanks in advance.

05-22-2006, 01:29 PM	#2 (permalink)
TheMatt TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2006 Location: Boston Posts: 13,701 OS: Win 3.1, 98, NT 4.0, XP Debian 4.0, Kubuntu 6.06 My System Blog Entries: 3	Hi, and welcome to TSF! Is it in the sent items folder? If so, then it was sent. Also, there may be an option that is saving the e-mails to the outbox upon sending. If the e-mails are sent all the time even when they are saved to the outbox, then I wouldn't worry about it. __________________ - Matt M - KB1OSC - Folding@Home 85015 [url="http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/"] If TSF has helped you, please consider donating. If I have stopped responding to a thread, feel free to send me a PM with a link to the thread. It is advisable to subscribe to threads so you will receive updates when replies are posted. You can subscribe to threads from the "Thread Tools" Menu. »Memtest86 »Prime95 »UBCD »SpeedFan »NHC Personal »Everest »Sandra »PC Wizard »RivaTuner »ATi Tool Click here for Useful Articles and Guides

05-23-2006, 06:54 AM	#3 (permalink)
MAQ_FR Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Switzerland (origin: Scotland) Posts: 134 OS: WinXP pro: 2003 Server: 2008 Server: RHES 4	You say Outlook and Outlook Express, are you using both at the same time for the same email account? - I've seen it happen where this is going on and for example, Outlook sends ok, but the same mail stays in teh OE outbox. just a thought __________________ regardz à tous Maq

10-31-2009, 08:59 PM	#4 (permalink)
ssahakian Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 1 OS: win xp	Re: Emails send yet they stay in outbox?? I had the same problem. I moved all my Sent folder items to a folder I called Sent 2009. I had to move them a little bit at a time. I deleted my Sent folder once it was empty. The system recreated the Sent folder. The problem went away. My Sent folder was corrupt. Hope this helps