Hello Microsoft Community. I've seen various versions of this bug around and it seems to not be getting resolved. It would be great if others could simulate my use case for this bug and confirm it's not just me - as well as pose a solution or help me get Microsoft to address it! In a nutshell, emails in the New Outlook (PC) will get stuck in 'Drafts' forever in the following scenario (imap emails): I am Replying to or Forwarding an email from my Inbox. If I Archive the original email in my Inbox after finishing my Reply immediately after hitting 'Send'. In other words, if I don't wait 3-5 seconds to ensure it sends first. The email will get STUCK in Drafts and never Send. There's nothing I can do to Send it. I have to go find the original email and retype and send the message. Feel free to watch this short video showcasing exactly what's happening: https://youtu.be/yv3797dJlj8 Thoughts?

How can we get this fixed. It is so frustrating!

Its so annoying. It all started today for me. If I send mails they all get stuck in the ''Drafts''.. I am using IMAP. I tried everything, deleted my account added it again. Still cant send any mails. But meanwhile I noticed, I also cant receive any mails on the Outlook App on Windows since today. I have 2 accounts on it. The Outlook (Hotmail) account is working properly but the IMAP not sending or receiving mails. On my mobile with Android Outlook things are working fine. I tried everything, for the last 3 hrs..Sadly no result.

The problem is still happening. Just started with me on February 11 and now I'm not only not able to send any emails from either my outlook.com or bellsouth.net accounts, I'm not receiving any new emails. This has to be fixed now! It looks like it gone on for 2 years and is still happening. Surely Microsoft is aware.

it happens on old outlook too. but at least that has some settings that might help. Why are all my "sent" emails ending up in Draft Folder? - Microsoft Community thousands of threads on this topic and going back as far back as 2018 in this community. win mail was the best and again MS has some smart alec that thought it was a good idea to kill off that product just like they did with the taskbar thingy for win 11

(New Outlook) Email Stuck in Draft Folder Forever & Not Sending

Anonymous

Hello Microsoft Community. I've seen various versions of this bug around and it seems to not be getting resolved. It would be great if others could simulate my use case for this bug and confirm it's not just me - as well as pose a solution or help me get Microsoft to address it!

In a nutshell, emails in the New Outlook (PC) will get stuck in 'Drafts' forever in the following scenario (imap emails):

I am Replying to or Forwarding an email from my Inbox.
If I Archive the original email in my Inbox after finishing my Reply immediately after hitting 'Send'. In other words, if I don't wait 3-5 seconds to ensure it sends first.
The email will get STUCK in Drafts and never Send. There's nothing I can do to Send it. I have to go find the original email and retype and send the message.

Feel free to watch this short video showcasing exactly what's happening: https://youtu.be/yv3797dJlj8

Thoughts?

Locked Question. This question was migrated from the Microsoft Support Community. You can vote on whether it's helpful, but you can't add comments or replies or follow the question.

0 comments

92 answers

Anonymous

2025-02-25T18:59:09+00:00

How can we get this fixed. It is so frustrating!
Was this answer helpful?

0 comments No comments
Anonymous

2025-02-13T15:50:17+00:00

Its so annoying. It all started today for me. If I send mails they all get stuck in the ''Drafts''.. I am using IMAP. I tried everything, deleted my account added it again. Still cant send any mails. But meanwhile I noticed, I also cant receive any mails on the Outlook App on Windows since today. I have 2 accounts on it. The Outlook (Hotmail) account is working properly but the IMAP not sending or receiving mails. On my mobile with Android Outlook things are working fine.

I tried everything, for the last 3 hrs..Sadly no result.
Was this answer helpful?

0 comments No comments
Anonymous

2025-02-13T14:21:36+00:00

The problem is still happening. Just started with me on February 11 and now I'm not only not able to send any emails from either my outlook.com or bellsouth.net accounts, I'm not receiving any new emails. This has to be fixed now! It looks like it gone on for 2 years and is still happening. Surely Microsoft is aware.
Was this answer helpful?

0 comments No comments
Anonymous

2025-02-03T05:44:32+00:00

it happens on old outlook too. but at least that has some settings that might help. Why are all my "sent" emails ending up in Draft Folder? - Microsoft Community

thousands of threads on this topic and going back as far back as 2018 in this community. win mail was the best and again MS has some smart alec that thought it was a good idea to kill off that product just like they did with the taskbar thingy for win 11
Was this answer helpful?

0 comments No comments
Anonymous

2025-01-21T20:07:14+00:00

Thanks. I'll try this out!
Was this answer helpful?

0 comments No comments