User level: Level 1 (4 points)We have several accounts using Apple e-mail. However, when using one of the accounts my e-mail replies are sent to draft and not to the sender but remain in draft. I am unable to send the e-mail reply. This only occurs on one of our e-mail accounts. VPN is off. Is there a changer in settingsn I need to do?
Posted on Oct 8, 2026 6:48 AM
User level: Level 9 (62,211 points)Oct 9, 2026 1:28 PM in response to Joejanrossi
This sounds like an outgoing mail problem - if Mail can't connect to the mail server then the messages will sit in Drafts until it can.
Check Settings -> Mail -> Mail Accounts. Select the account in question and tap Account Settings and see what the SMTP Server settings are.
What they should be will depend 100% on the mail server that's running the account - is this an Apple Account? gmail? Exchange? Something else? If the values there are wrong you'll need to know who's running the account to be able to determine what they should be.
Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256372500