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Tip 1116: Meeting invitations are stuck in the Outbox

I’m seeing more users complain that meeting invitations won't send. Email sends just fine, but meeting requests are stuck in the Outbox. Because some items send, it's not the SMTP server or authentication issues, both of which are the usual suspects when mail won't send.While certain add-ins are known to cause stuck messages, these recent incidents are caused by the Norton … [Read more...] about Tip 1116: Meeting invitations are stuck in the Outbox

Will Outlook warn me if mail is stuck in the outbox?

A user has a problem: he often sends large messages and they often get stuck in the Outbox. He forgets to check the Outbox and would like a warning message when messages won't send. You will not get a dialog that says 'hey, something is wrong and the message didn't send' but you can get some warnings, plus the Outbox shows the message count. Add it to your Favorites section … [Read more...] about Will Outlook warn me if mail is stuck in the outbox?

Tip 519: "Sending 1 of x"

The following question comes up often: "The 'Sending' message dialog comes up although nothing is in the Outbox. It's now progressed sequentially from 'Sending' 1 message to 'Sending 1 of 4'. It takes ages for 'real' messages to be sent." It's a bug. Outlook has a problem counting. It counts each account it checks for new mail as a message. In the case of "1 of 4", it … [Read more...] about Tip 519: "Sending 1 of x"