Paddy Ryan wrote:

I have a computer XP SP2 Outlook 2003 all latest updates and mail
will not leave the outbox. I have started Outlook in safe mode and
still won't leave outbox. I have manually forced it to go and also
checked all settings to automatically send etc. It does not error
but messages will not leave the outbox. When I close Outlook it says
there are messages in outbox, wait 30 seconds etc. This is the only
message that comes up. Otherwise Outlook does not seem to think it
has a problem. Even if I delete the messages in the outbox and create
a brand new one it still will not send even a simple test email. Yes
it is italicised and I have tried all the obvious fixes but still it
refuses to actually send even though the progress meter says it has
completed sending.

Enable diagnostic logging and see what's happening in the handshaking
between the client and the server.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/300479/en-us
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Brian Tillman