1 unsent message help!

ok, so I tried to send a message the other day and it wouldn't send properly, it said the outgoing mail server failed, so it put it in my outbox and a little thing on the bottom of my screen says 1 unsent message. So I tried sending it again and it wouldn't send, so ultimately I just deleted it and didn't worry about it. I've sent other messages since and they send just fine, the only problem is, that little thing keeps showing at the bottom after it checks for mail all the time "1 unsent message."

not a big problem, just annoying to have there, any ideas? I've already deleted the mail account completely (Gmail) and re-added it, also went onto my gmail account online and made sure nothing was saved as a draft or anything like that and it still didn't fix the problem.

iMac 3.06Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4GB Ram, 1TB HD, Nividia 120 256MB graphics card, eMac 1.42GHz PowerPC G4 with 512MB Ram and iPhone 3GS x 2

Posted on Sep 23, 2009 3:22 PM

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Sep 25, 2009 3:17 PM in response to TITNTUFF

that's the thing, I don't want it to send anymore, but it continually says 1 unsent message, and I'm not even trying to send anything! my outbox isn't even showing up as an option to look into it, normally it only shows up if I have a message being sent, but now, there is no message being sent, the outbox is not showing up and it still says there IS one trying to be sent, very foncusing.

Oct 3, 2009 11:26 AM in response to Brad87

I had the same problem and found a solution on another forum.

Turn on Airplane mode in general settings.
Go back to your email and create a new message, and send it. It will go to your outbox.
Then just go back and turn off airplane mode, your message will send, and the "1 unsent message" will disappear.

I am not sure if it send the previously unsent message, or if it just deletes it, either way, I have no more unsent messages!

Jan 22, 2010 8:09 PM in response to docthegreat

I also had the same issue, doing the airplane mode suggestion just added one to the count. I had already done a reboot.

The account with the issue was an Exchange one, so under settings I just changed mail to off then when I went back to email where it was only showing my other account, it sent the the two unsent emails (from the account I just turned off...). Then I went and turned mail back on and it is all back to normal without the unsent messages.

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