Outlook 2003 email messages stuck in outbox - how to fix the issue



The most used email application outlook has number of functionalities, however it particularly relates to sending & receiving emails & proper management of these items in their specified location as inbox, outbox, sent items etc. At times when an email is sent, it moves to outbox folder but is not sent. The problem varies with every other case and user may or may not be notified for the same generating annoying error messages. Numerous different reasons may be responsible for the problems of outlook messages stuck in outbox. This issue is not very recurrent or commonly occurring in nature, but if it happens so one or another important work of yours could be delayed posing harm to your work.

The main problem with mail stuck in outbox outlook 2003 is that it wont even get deleted, allowing to try & send other messages past it as all those get stuck at the point. Getting over the problem seems difficult as the proper reasons behind the problems are not clear. Yet there are few options that you may try in order to get rid of existing problems.

What causes mails to stuck in outbox?

Most probable causes of messages not sent instead remain in outbox includes-

  • Conflicts with firewall or antivirus software installed on system
  • Working offline in outlook without remote connection
  • Outlook profile is damaged
  • Accessing message from outbox before it could be send
  • Using damaged or incompatible add-in
  • Sending message to an account which is not currently activated or in use
  • Damaged .PST or .PAB i.e. personal address Book file

 

 

How to fix outlook 2003 email stuck in outbox?

Among the many reasons of emails not getting delivered to destination includes issues with firewall or antivirus programs being used in the system & to get over that very problem you need to disable the very program momentarily to check whether that works in solving the problem being faced by you.

  • Ensure that you are connected to internet
  • In any such problematic situation one should try to start system in safe mode and check whether the mails are getting delivered or not
  • In case the above two methods does not help you should try creating a new profile, because a damaged profile does not allow you to gain access to account & carry other tasks thereof.
  • If the PST file or .PAB file has been damaged due to any reason you need to repair it off using Scanpst.exe inbox repair tool.

When outlook application or any of its component encounters problem it ability to load & access data is lost & to gain access back to it you need to repair PST files of outlook 2003. For this purpose either of the two utilities scanpst or other advanced repair tool.