Microsoft Exchange Client Keeps Unsent Mail in Outbox
Article ID: 131878
Article Last Modified on 11/15/2006
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This article was previously published under Q131878
SYMPTOMS
If you quit Microsoft Exchange with unsent mail in the Outbox, you receive
the following message:
There is still unsent mail in the Outbox. You may want to send it the
next time you use Microsoft Exchange.
This behavior is not the same as in previous versions of Microsoft Mail
products. Previous versions offer you the option of sending unsent mail in
the Outbox before the program closes.
CAUSE
Microsoft Exchange does not offer an option to send unsent mail when you
quit the program because of the complexity of simultaneous, multiple
service providers. This avoids the possible launch of asynchronous dial-up
sessions with service providers during exit.
RESOLUTION
You can force mail in the Outbox to be sent before you quit Microsoft
Exchange by clicking Deliver Mail Now on the Tools menu.
MORE INFORMATION
If you click Save on the File menu, or if you reopen the message and then
close it, the message becomes inactive. You need to open the message and
send it again.
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