coralie mercier

E-mail stuck in Outbox

Monday, 31. August 2009, 10:36:14

Opera 9, i don't like, mac, bug, work, opera, odd

For the past couple of months I've been annoyed with Opera e-mail sometimes being stuck in Outbox, at the "Authenticating" stage. Sometimes. Hence the annoyance. Sometimes it works fine for days. And sometimes it doesn't. I don't know what triggers it. I wish I knew :) Assuredly I can't be the only one experiencing this! I've looked and searched the Web, forums, Opera knowledge base and support pages.

I'm using Opera 9.64 on mac OS X 10.5.7 and outgoing e-mail talks to an SMTP server over TLS.

I just found a workaround that is not very satisfactory, but good enough so long as it does the trick: disconnect/reconnect wi-fi, try again, worky. <sigh />

I also found that even if the stuck message is removed from the Outbox, Opera will eventually deliver it. Sadly the original timestamp is not kept. So if I found another way to send that message, people will still receive it again. Later. <re-sigh />

I changed how Opera handles e-mail a couple of months ago, so that might be it. I used to ssh to a machine and Opera talked to localhost to pop and send.

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Comments

Anonymous # 25. November 2009, 18:04

KARL writes:

I have same problem in version 10.10 1893 build on 2k box, reported to opera but can't find any solutions & becoming a real problem for a small business.

Anonymous # 20. December 2009, 01:48

operabarry writes:

The same is happening to me. What is so shoddy is the absence of any help from Opera. Very amateurish.

coralie mercier # 22. December 2009, 13:01

Ah, too bad it is still happening and sorry to hear you don't get the help you need from Opera.

I no longer have the problem at all myself. I have the latest version.

Douba # 5. January 2010, 09:35

I have had the same problem with any version of Opera, including the current version 10.10. For me, the problem occurs mainly with big emails like, say, 1 MByte or more. I cannot see the upload status, and sometimes it really seems to get stuck. The worst thing is that an error might occur with one of the bcc-recipients. Then I get an error message, but I do not know, to which of the other recipients the mail was delivered already. Some of them then receive the mail twice, some only once.

Again, no help from Opera, although I cannot blame them, for Opera is free.