Outgoing email goes to Draft instead of Sent
For the past couple of months I have been getting sporadic, buggy behaviour from Apple Mail.
Basically, I draft an email. I hit send. No error message, all looks find. Except that I find out the recipient never received the email. And instead of sitting in Sent it is sitting in Draft where it has been since I originally hit sent.
I can then open the draft but am unable to hit send or save as draft (both greyed out) and can only close the email at which point I am prompted to save.
I can then usually open the draft again, and am able to send at that point. Sometimes I need to repeat the last step a few times before I can send.
Generally then it goes out without a hitch.
There are NEVER any error messages or apparent reasons for the behaviour.
Many times, I draft an email and hit send and it sends without problem - so the problem is erratic. It has upped in priority for me recently for the bug has a creepy ability lately to sniff out important, time-sensitive emails and hit THEM. I thought it might be connected to the length of time I spent editing, since the frustrating occurrences lately have been with lengthy emails.
However, on inspecting my Drafts folder, I found many surprisingly unsent emails. Some short, some long. Some with attachments, some without. All of these should have gone out weeks ago when (I originally though) I sent them.
I haven't run into trouble with Mail before this and I am at a loss with how to debug or accommodate this issue further.
Any thoughts?
Will.
Powerbook G4 15" Mac OS X (10.4.6)
Basically, I draft an email. I hit send. No error message, all looks find. Except that I find out the recipient never received the email. And instead of sitting in Sent it is sitting in Draft where it has been since I originally hit sent.
I can then open the draft but am unable to hit send or save as draft (both greyed out) and can only close the email at which point I am prompted to save.
I can then usually open the draft again, and am able to send at that point. Sometimes I need to repeat the last step a few times before I can send.
Generally then it goes out without a hitch.
There are NEVER any error messages or apparent reasons for the behaviour.
Many times, I draft an email and hit send and it sends without problem - so the problem is erratic. It has upped in priority for me recently for the bug has a creepy ability lately to sniff out important, time-sensitive emails and hit THEM. I thought it might be connected to the length of time I spent editing, since the frustrating occurrences lately have been with lengthy emails.
However, on inspecting my Drafts folder, I found many surprisingly unsent emails. Some short, some long. Some with attachments, some without. All of these should have gone out weeks ago when (I originally though) I sent them.
I haven't run into trouble with Mail before this and I am at a loss with how to debug or accommodate this issue further.
Any thoughts?
Will.
Powerbook G4 15" Mac OS X (10.4.6)
