Outgoing emails end up in outbox for 3 weeks

Purchased 2 ipad minis for son and I and his hospital stay. Three weeks ago all emails end up in outbox. One works fine, again outgoing emails just sit. Thoroughly disgusted. Dot .

Open the Console application in Applications/Utilities. When you send an email it is noted there. Monitor the emails you send and when one fails as you described, check the log and see if the is an error message. If so, copy and paste (not a screen shot) the error message in a reply.
This will be a pain, but given the random nature of the problem, it may be the only way to tell unless someone else knows how to solve this.

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Verizon Email service has been down for a week

I heard a rumor that Verizon was falling apart and the company was going to go bankrupt about a month ago. I figured it was just talk. But now with this BIG Internet email debacle I believe it might be true.
What kind of internet company would interrupt their email to all their customers without any kind of warning and then not be able to fix it in a matter of hours; NOT DAYS??
I’ll tell you what kind of a company would do that. A company standing on shaky financial footing, that’s who.
All companies know customers do not like unhappy surprises; like “SURPRISE your Email won’t be working for a week or two. It can only lead one to the belief that the company was trying to pull off a Hail Marry play by updating their system on a hope and a prayer that nothing would go wrong. They had no “fall back” plan?
Some where in a meeting before doing the system update someone had to ask.
“What if it crashes?”
The only answer I can think of that fits in this type, of SURPRISE it’s broke, situation is:
“We don’t have enough money to set up a dual system to run in tandem in case something goes wrong.”
The conclusion drawn must be that Verizion is without financial backing or broke or they would not put their customers through this kind of business interrupting ordeal.
An other business ploy they might be attempting to pull off would be if they heavily insured the server change over so as they would get paid big bucks if the system update failed.
Either way Verizon must need money more than they need happy customers.
I, for one, will be seeking service elsewhere.

millerja wrote:What kind of internet company would interrupt their email to all their customers without any kind of warning and then not be able to fix it in a matter of hours; NOT DAYS??
Um... My email is working fine. So obviously not ALL customers.
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TS4002 An outgoing email has been hung up for 30 hours. What can I do?

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If you want to delete it, try putting the phone in Airplane mode, then go to your outbox and delete it.

TS3899 How to fix Sent emails getting stuck in Outbox for a period of time before being sent?

How do you fix Sent emails getting s tuck in Outbox for a period of time before they actually send?
The error message says that my "sender address is rejected by the server", but it eventually does send.

Have you tried a Reset [Hold the Home and Sleep/Wake buttons down together for 10 seconds or so (until the Apple logo appears) and then release. When the screen goes blank then power ON again in the normal way.] It is 'appsolutely' safe!

IPAD mini - emails going to outbox for 2 weeks - I need to send them

I have just spent three hours trying to pinpoint problem I have had with my iPAD mini for about two weeks - - 15 messages sitting there in outbox - - I get that smtp.verizon.net - which I understand is correct. It does seem to be affected by any other outgoing mail that is direct to vendor - This was bought while grandson is in hospital for a lengthy time - but except for GPS it is too much of a pain too use. I start an email to Apple on it - and it flips off - - I have both the wi-fi and cellular to assure I would have connection at all times. I did not anticipate the ipad mini having nerve attacks - I do wonder if Verizon has started something new in their system - well I started at 9:00 a.m. it is almost 1:00 p.m.

I believe that your post could use a bit of clarification. But check your outgoing mail server setting and make sure that you password and username have been entered in there even if it says that it is optional for you.
Settings>Mail, Contacts, Calendars>Your email account>Account>Outgoing mail server - tap the server name next to SMTP and check in the primary server and make sure your username and password are entered and correct.

Droid Maxx- Outgoing email messages stuck in outbox. When you click on them, it says- message is being sent and cannot be opened- how can I clear them out?

This is my work email. I still receive emails. I just can't send any outgoing. They are stuck in the outbox. When I check my email on my computer at work, nothing in the outbox, and they don't show as being sent. Log jam. How can I remove them? Already did a restart, etc.

I have had the same problem - stuck for 2 days, but I still can send & receive emails. I tried your suggestion - it worked! Thanks!

Email says "Copying to Outbox" for hours.

I am trying to send an email with a compressed .zip 15gb exported Final Cut Pro X movie to an address, but when I click send it closes the window like normal, but it doesn't appear in the sent box. I click Window > Activity and see the process Copying to Outbox. I leave it on and the process takes hours and it still hasn't sent or appeared in the outbox/sentbox. Help me! I need to get this video sent.

Mitch
The problem is probably that your file is much larger than it is possilbe to send by most email accounts.
Most email accounts limit file size to around 4 or 5 megabytes.
Suggest you find someone like Adrive or another service that will allow you to upload your large file to their servers for transmission to the eventual recipient.

Outgoing emails get stuck in outbox-WHY?-help me doctor!!

looked at connection doctor -all is fine, tried sending test to myself-is stuck in outbox, small picture files are also getting stuck there-2mb
previous to that I have noticed that emails are coming in blocks/ pairing up with previous emails from the inbox-why again, I ask!??
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AAAHH HAA; I GOT IT!!!!!!!
The problem is your CONTACTS. STOP deleteing and playing around with the deleting the outbox, that ain't it. I found a post from some guy named Russ who is a Microsoft MVP, and the issue is that some of your contacts are messed up. Its got to do with the display of your contacts, and adding them using a Phone/PDA. Easiest fix is when this problem happens do the following: 1. Click File and Work Offline; 2. Go to the Outbox and open the email; 3. Double click EACH email address you are trying to send it to (when you double click; it SHOULD open the contact card, BUT eventually you will get one with an error). Obviously the one/many with the error are the problem. Just go into your contacts and either fix the "DISPLAY AS" blank or just simply create a new contact card for the person.
Then try to resend: VOILA!!! Problem solved. I have done MUCH testing on this, and spent about 5-HOURS. Thanks MS. There are a TON of postings all over the web for this, and HOPEFULLY people will find this post.
***The problem has something to do with importing contacts via an iPhone or ANY phone for that matter. Its not just the iPhone, even Windows Mobile phones have the issue.
After you recreate the Contact the messages will not be stuck in the Outbox anymore. If it happens again, just follow the directions cause you probably have another contact that has an issue.

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?

Email going in to outbox for one address

Hello,
I have an email account set up on my English iPhone 5, a French iPhone 5 and a Windows 7 laptop. E-Mails send fine from all devices and are received by all devices. However there is one Hotmail address that I can not send to on my French phone. I can send to this email from my English phone and laptop and all the setting seem to be the same on all devices. The phone gives back an error "The message was rejected by the server" and the message is placed into my out box. Any ideas?

Mitch
The problem is probably that your file is much larger than it is possilbe to send by most email accounts.
Most email accounts limit file size to around 4 or 5 megabytes.
Suggest you find someone like Adrive or another service that will allow you to upload your large file to their servers for transmission to the eventual recipient.

How can I NOT have my outgoing emails accumulate on gmail?

I'm using Thunderbird with gmail via POP3, not IMAP. I want to just grab the emails, download them to my PC, and delete them from gmail. That part works great. But with both TB and my previous Outlook 2000, my outgoing emails end up staying on the gmail server. I see no control in TB nor on the gmail site to say "delete outgoing emails after sending" like is done when receiving.
Is this just the nature of email systems?
So every couple months I log onto gmail manually, and delete all of them. I just don't like my emails being available to a hacker.
Are there any settings to accomplish this?
Thanks.

You're right, for a POP account, the option "Place a Copy in:" in TB, under Account Settings/Copies and Folders would only enable/disable local copies to the Sent folder. If you want local copies, leave it checked.
To control the setting for copies to the Sent folder on the server, login to your Gmail account via browser, and look for an option to disable it there.
The 'Other' option in TB can be used to chose another account's Sent folder, e.g. underneath 'Local Folders'.

How do I save to outgoing email attachments folder in 8 as I did in 5?

I just upgraded from PSE 5 to PSE 8 and I use Incredimail, not Outlook. In PSE 5 there was an option to save outgoing email attachments to a folder for subsequent manual attachment to my email message. The online help seems to suggest this as the solution as well. However, I cannot seem to figure out how to set this up in PSE 8. In prefrences, the only options are Outlook, Outlook Express and Adobe Email Service. When I go through the routine of sending an email through Outlook (which is installed on my computer but which my wife does not use), the attachment can be found in a very deeply rooted Temp subdirectory. In PSE 5 I could cause it to be saved in a subdirectory under My Pictures/Adobe directory sorted by date of creation of email attachment. Can anyone please advise how to accomplish this in PSE 8? Your assistance is greatly appreciated. Thanks.

That's an application by application feature/standard that they need to adhere to. I have no problem with Photoshop doing what you describe. Check your Photoshop Preferences. Does this happen in every application?

Windows Live Mail 2012 - Outgoing Email Times Out due to Lost Server Connection

Using Windows Live Mail 2012 on WIN7 64-bit.
Been receiving emails seemingly without issues, but...
Haven't been able to POST any outgoing emails now since September 16th for any of my main/sub accounts.
Indicator is a Norton Internet Security popup stating:
"Email Error. Your email message was unable to be sent because the connection to your email server was interrupted. Please open your email client and resend the message from the Sent Messages folder." Then it lists the from/to/subj.
I recompose and try to resend; same results.
I've rolled WIN7 back to September 6th, but results are the same.
I thought perhaps NIS was blocking the SMTP port, but same results when I turn off NIS and Antivirus. I don't see anything of significance in NIS's logs.
Of course, Verizon's mini-app that sniffs out and corrects email problems does not know or care about Live Mail. Just Outlook and OE.
Ideas? Things to try? Thanks.
...Karl
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GeezingInVA2 wrote:
I noticed my email account server settings don't match what is defined on the FiOS email setup page on verizon.com.
The server setting I have for my POP3 is "incoming.verizon.net" (not pop.verizon.net) and my SMTP server setting is "outgoing.verizon.net" (not smtp.verizon.net).
Why don't these match?
Also, my port settings don't seem to match what's posted online.
My outbound port is 25 (not 465) and my inbound port is 110 (not 995).
Doesn't seem right to me, and I'm wondering what changed in the past week?
The changes to pop/smtp from incoming/outgoing have been in the works for a while. Maybe Verizon finally go around to disabling the old servers?
Either way, you should update to the latest settings.
For the sake of example, we are going to pretend that we are setting up fictional account "[email protected]" and the password for logging into that account in webmail is "fakepassword" - Again, this is a fictitious account for the sake of an example.
The settings for using Verizon's servers would be:
Incoming Server: pop.verizon.net
Server Requires Authentication: Yes
Username: fakeacct
Password: fakepassword
Requires a Secure Connection (SSL): Yes
Port: 995
Outgoing Server: smtp.verizon.net
Server Requires Authentication: Yes (You can set it to use the same settings as incoming, or manually enter the username and password.)
Requires a Secure Connection (SSL): Yes
Port: 465
If you are given the option anywhere for Secure Password Authentication (SPA), set it to No or Normal
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Problem with Outgoing Email

Hi,
My outgoing email was working until an issue last week.
I am using the following data & it doesnt seem to be working:
username
Outgoing.verizon.net
[email protected]
Port 587 (I did try port 25 also).
I checked login using my incoming...
Any ideas what I am missing using Outlook 2010 & it was working fine for weeks.
Thanks,
Rich

What error message do you get when you try to send an email? And receiving emails works, just not sending?
Did you change anything else in your account definition besides the port? And is the "My server requires authentication" box in the Outlook account definition still checked?
We need more information to help.
Justin
Verizon FiOS TV, Internet, and phone
QIP6416-P1, IMG 1.7.1, Build 09.97
Keller, TX 76248

Inpect and block outgoing emails.

Hello, I am new in Exchange Server Development. My task is to create TransportAgent that can inspect and sometimes block outgoing emails. It is important for me to inspect and block internal emails too(not only emails going out of organization). I need to
support Exchange 2010, 2013.
Thanks in advance,
Vitaly

As others have mentioned probably what you want can be done via Transport Rules.
However if you have some form of content that can't be caught with Rules and you want to use a Transport Agent then.
>> It is important for me to inspect and block internal emails too(not only emails going out of organization). I need to support Exchange 2010, 2013.
Then using a routing agent
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/aa563310(v=exchg.150).aspx (the OnSubmittedMessage is probably the most appropriate) and
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/aa579261(v=exchg.150).aspx#Namespaces is the way to go as this will catch both Internal and External email. If you want to write one agent that will work on both 2010 and 2013 then you want compile with the
2010 binaries and then use the
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj591524(v=exchg.150).aspx on 2013 (or just compile a different version for 2010 and 2013).
Cheers
Glen

Outgoing emails end up in outbox for 3 weeks

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