In case, you are using a newer version of Outlook mail client, the same is available under the 'Send / Receive' ribbon bar group.Īlternatively, you can also disconnect the system from internet. If you are using older version of Outlook, you can find it under the 'File' menu, named as 'Work Offline'. Now you will be able to open or delete the mail from the Outbox.

Immediately change the mode of Outlook to 'Offline' and wait for few minutes to let Outlook to come out of the transferring state. So, what needs to be done now? Here's a quick solution that you will find handy to open or delete a mail that got stuck in the 'Outbox' folder of the mail client. Even, you cannot open that mail during that time. You now want to stop transferring the mail to the other party but as Outlook already started the transfer, you are unable to delete it from the 'Outbox'.

Think about a case when you just clicked the 'Send' button of a mail composer window to send the mail with few attachments and then realized that, you forgot something to add. If you are one of such victim, here's a quick tip for you to easily stop transferring that mail, so that, you can open or delete it. This happens many time when the mail, that you are going to send, gets stuck in the Outbox folder of your favorite email client and provides you 'No Luck' to open/delete that email as it already started transmitting to the other side.

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