"Message failed to send" Red Error box in Outlook 365 for Mac

Anonymous
2023-08-14T06:11:51+00:00

Hi everyone - has anyone had issues with sending emails using Outlook 365 for Macs? Especially a red error box that appears at the bottom (attached) and says "Message failed to send Open" The email is then stuck in drafts with the option to continue editing but it is simply frozen in drafts and the only way is to delete and try again. Alternatively, you can go to the webmail version of outlook, find the drafts folder and send from there. This has been happening on/off for several weeks now, no pattern, just happens occasionally.

This version of Outlook 365 is absolutely **** with so many issues

Outlook | MacOS | Legacy Outlook for Mac | For home

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-11-09T21:13:35+00:00

    This makes me LOL

    Published Time: 11/7/2023 3:34:26 PM Title: Some users' email with attachments sent from Outlook for Mac may be delivered without attachmentsUser impact: Users' email with attachments sent from Outlook for Mac may be delivered without attachments.More info: Users can verify if they’ve encountered this problem in Outlook for Mac by reviewing their Sent Items to validate if a sent message contains an attachment. If users don't see the attachment, they can reply to the message in their Sent Items folder to reattach and send the message again.Current status: We’re continuing the process of developing a long term solution to fully resolve this problem for all affected users, which is taking extra time due to the complexity of the impacting scenario. We’ll provide a timeline for the final fix deployment when available.Scope of impact: This issue is specific to a very small percentage of users' email with attachments sent from Outlook for Mac.Start time: Monday, July 10, 2023, at 8:08 PM UTCRoot cause: A conflict occurring with how our service detects attachment IDs before sending email in Outlook for Mac is resulting in the service removing attachments on sending email.Next update by: Tuesday, November 14, 2023, at 10:00 PM UTC

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-11-09T19:52:53+00:00

    This and the dropping attachments issue is COMPLETELY INEXCUSABLE guys. Two absolutely rudimentary issues going on for months now.

    It's making me appear unresponsive to client and company emails.

    FIX.

    IT.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-11-08T14:49:14+00:00

    Still an issue. Occurring on latest OS and Outlook build

    Mac OS: Sonoma 14.0

    Outlook version: 16.79 (23101801)

    Severely degrading for all users.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-11-07T23:15:34+00:00

    Same issue for a user. Fix was to click help>revert to older outlook until fix applied

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-11-06T22:30:31+00:00

    How is it possible that MS have not yet fixed this issue. It's driving me crazy.

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