Emails stuck in my draft folder

Anonymous
2024-05-02T16:00:13+00:00

Hello

I have emails that appear and disappear in my draft folder but aren't appearing in 'sent.' It's hugely worrying and has happened twice now. They don't have large attachments but there is one recipient in common - could it be something to do with their email address?

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-02-21T04:21:24+00:00

    I believe I’ve found a solution. I think it works if you delete the email address and re-enter it. This is a dumb workaround, but it's better than the infinite loop I was in.

    FYI: I figured this out b/c I'm using Outlook on my Gmail account. When I went to the draft folder on the Gmail website, I saw that my to: feel was occasionally empty. That made me think Outlook doesn't see the To: field content correctly.

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-02-21T04:20:20+00:00

    I believe I’ve found a solution. I think it works if you delete the email address and re-enter it. I know this is a dumb workaround, but better than the infinite loop I was in.

    FYI: I figured this out b/c I'm using outlook on my gmail account. When I went to the draft folder on the gmail website, I saw that my to: feel was occasionally empty. That made me think that outlook isn't seeing the content in the to: field correctly.

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-02-13T16:31:55+00:00

    I have the same issue but it seems that this has been ongoing since the introduction of New Outlook - is Microsoft just ignoring the issue?

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-02-12T20:51:11+00:00

    I find that some outgoing emails go smoothly but some get STUCK in Draft (even if they appear in the SENT folder). I'm experiencing MANY issues with NEW Outlook. I was forced to use it due to a hacker and needed to purchase a new computer. I'm using Windows 11.

    My Internet is fine...

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  5. Anonymous
    2025-02-11T12:56:29+00:00

    This problem has persisted and been reported to Microsoft for some time but Microsoft doesn't seem to care. In addition to all the problems reported here the search function in emails doesnt work either.

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