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Emails stuck in outbox, have to "send unsent messages" manually every time.

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Hi - on my Mac Thunderbird, I suddenly have to manually send emails that get stuck in the Outbox every time I send a message. Any ideas what I can try to fix this? I reinstalled the application but that's all...

Hi - on my Mac Thunderbird, I suddenly have to manually send emails that get stuck in the Outbox every time I send a message. Any ideas what I can try to fix this? I reinstalled the application but that's all...

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Cmd+Return is the shortcut for Send Message Now.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/keyboard-shortcuts

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thanks - yes I'm choosing "send" (not send later) and all the prefs there I've set to send immediately but it's still not....

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ah - I was using a key command cmd-shift-return which appears to be "Send later" ! thanks for the clue. now to find the correct key command for send now!