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

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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
    2025-03-17T19:44:01+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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  3. Anonymous
    2025-03-17T19:35:08+00:00

    I have given up MS Support has not been helpful and other online techs are not helpful.

    I went back to the original version of Outlook email.

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-02-20T22:42:25+00:00

    I'm using the 'old' version of Outlook 365 and it's doing this, too. (I refuse to consider the new Outlook until they allow for manual folder organization and add grey as an option - seems petty, but my eyeballs don't think so!) Did you find a solution?

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  5. Anonymous
    2025-02-20T21:36:58+00:00

    This happens after I send the email. It's there forever, until I verify the message was really sent and manually delete the copy from the draft file. I've returned to the Windows based outlook program.

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