Why is my email getting stuck in the outbox Outlook?

Why is my email getting stuck in the outbox Outlook?

When a message gets stuck in your Outbox, the most likely cause is a large attachment. Click SEND/RECEIVE > Work Offline. In the navigation pane, click Outbox. Drag the message to your drafts folder, double-click to open the message, delete the attachment (click it and press Delete).

Why are all my emails going to outbox and not sending?

Most likely there is a communication problem between Outlook and your outgoing mail server, so the email is stuck in Outbox because Outlook can’t connect to your mail server to send it. – check with your email address provider and make sure your mail server settings are up to date.

How do I stop a message from getting stuck in my outbox?

How to remove a stuck email from the Outbox

1. Go to the Outbox and double click a stuck message to open it.
2. Close the message.
3. Right-click the message and choose Delete from the context menu.

What is the difference between outbox and sent in Outlook?

The Sent folder is very different from the Outbox folder; sent folder stores all the mails that are successfully delivered and received by the recipient or recipients, whereas Outbox refers to a location where emails stay temporarily until they are being successfully delivered.

Will an email in outbox eventually send?

Mail will continue to appear in the outbox until it’s been completely sent. If, for example, your email has a large attachment, it’s going to take a while to upload the attachment to the mail server.

Where is Outlook outbox?

The Outbox folder is listed in the left pan of the Outlook program dialog box and is accessible by clicking on the folder’s name.

What’s the difference between outbox and sent?

Why is Outlook receiving emails but not sending?

If you can receive emails but can not send emails this usually means the authenication required by the outgoing (SMTP) server is not configured. ‘My outgoing (SMTP) server requires authentication’ is not checked. In Outlook it is in advanced settings.

What happens when an email goes to outbox?

In an email program, the outbox is a holding area – a place where messages go after you click Send and wait until the program can forward it to the mail server. The outbox helps you do other things in the email program, so you don’t have to wait for the mail server.