Why are all my "sent" emails ending up in Draft Folder?

Anonymous
2024-03-07T20:07:21+00:00

I'm not sure how long this has been happening, but does anyone know how to stop this from happening? I end up double checking my actual Sent folder to be sure my new/response emails did get sent, and not hung up in Draft folder.

Thanks!

Patricia

Outlook | Windows | New Outlook for Windows | For home

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-04-11T15:21:22+00:00

    The new Outlook will send your email to drafts if you do not wait until the message at the bottom of the email shows the email has been sent. I had been fighting this new system for a while now and am really disappointed with this particular issue. While I now know how to fix it on my end, it is still not convenient to babysit the system while it "cooks".

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-04-11T12:56:13+00:00

    This worked for one of my clients (windows 11)- if you go into your windows settings -> Apps -> Installed Apps -> then find "New Outlook" and click the three dots, select "advanced options". In that new page if you scroll down you have the options to "repair, reset, uninstall". All I had to do was the first repair and that fixed it, but if that doesn't work you could always try the other two. Just keep in mind that the reset and uninstall will remove the data tied to New Outlook and you'll need to perform some set up

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-04-08T15:22:58+00:00

    Instructions on "quick repair" would be welcomed.

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-04-08T12:45:00+00:00

    Completing a quick repair of the office installation seems to have fixed the issue for one of our end users in new outlook

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  5. Anonymous
    2025-03-17T19:44:01+00:00

    Yea~ I think I'm done with Outlook altogether. I've given up and am back to using gmail. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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