Mail stuck in outbox
 

I have a mail stuck in my outbok in Outlook, I can't delete it, it won't send it just sits there. When I try to delete it Outlook comes up with a message saying Outlook is trying to send the message. I've tried spamming it so that removes it but nothing happens. Any ideas?

Re: Mail stuck in outbox
 

Can you move it to your inbox and then delete or move direct to deleted box?

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Tried that too it won't move to any folder.

Re: Mail stuck in outbox
 

Try re-starting that solved the one time I was stuck.

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Tried that one too still no joy.
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Just tried it in Outlook Express and it's doing the same in there, it's not sending them, when I do a test message to myself they are coming through ok.

Re: Mail stuck in outbox
 

Probably why I stopped using Outlook (pain in the derrierre):erm:

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I'm thinking of doing the same it's a nightmare getting, to much can go wrong with it. Thanks for the help anyway :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu:

Re: Mail stuck in outbox
 

disconnect from the internet and see if it fails to send with an error code?

if it fails it should get it unstuck.

Re: Mail stuck in outbox
 

What virus checker are you using, nidge? I've had McAfee cause exactly this behaviour; I've also seen reports of Norton doing it.

Patrick

Re: Mail stuck in outbox
 

Hi Patrick, I am using Macafee I'll uninstall it and see if that helps.

Re: Mail stuck in outbox
 

How big is your pst file? If its around 1.8gb try archiving some mail.

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Does your virus scanner scan outgoing mail. If so try disabling this and then resending. I often find this on large mails.

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A way I've found for releasing stuck messages in Outbox.

In Outlook (note: NOT express), got to file, work offline.

Close Outlook

Re open Outlook and delete the stuck message from the Outbox

Re: Mail stuck in outbox
 

That sorted it thanks, that was well simple :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu: