Outgoing email stuck, but no Outbox appears

I tried to send an email a couple of weeks ago, but it was never sent. Now everytime I go into my account, I get a little status bar on the bottom which looks like it's trying to send the email, but it never goes anywhere. How can I clear this email or just delete it? I don't even get an "Outbox" where I can go in and delete an outbound email.
Help!

Thanks very much for the tip...I tried it, but I still get the "Sending 1 of 1" message.
Any other suggestions?

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