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
    2025-05-07T17:36:41+00:00

    I have the same problem for at least a month now on my M365. Not consistent. Messages resend perfectly from webmail every time. Happening on Outlook Macos but also experienced it on my Win11 desktop. No other error emails or bounced messages.

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-05-08T01:51:47+00:00

    Agreed, it seem to help if I don't touch my computer when "sending" is still visible. Tonight I sent 6 emails and then checked my sent file, four had sent, two ended up in drafts. I resent both in draft, one went, the other is still there after sending several times. Microsoft has to know this is a problem, but they don't seem to acknowledge it nor fit it. Grrrrrrrrr

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-05-08T11:21:15+00:00

    beyond frustrating isn't it! I have reverted back to the old Outlook and they now send every time, however one of my fave features of pinning emails to top has gone... Win some, you lose some I guess!

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-05-09T15:01:25+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?

    This post is more than 1 year old. Everybody is having the same problem and Microsoft doesn't correct it. Outllook 365 is junk does not work and Microsoft does not give a ****.

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  5. Anonymous
    2025-06-11T23:04:24+00:00

    I am on M365 but on Mac OS - and this happens to me also from time to time.

    This just kills productivity.

    What is happing here!?

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