How do I empty outlook outbox that acts as if frozen?

[GHOG]

My outbox has 60 messages in it and it shows on the task bar that it is
sending those messages but nothing is happening. Each time I log off and
log on again I have the issues of unsent messages and background programs not
responding. I just want to abandon those messages and start again with a
clean slate.
I will appreciate any suggestions

 

[K. Orland]

Perhaps these are stuck read receipts?

http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/deletereadreceipt.htm

Keep us posted.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

Can you see the messages? What happens when you try to delete them?

Delete a message that is 'stuck'
http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/stuck_message.htm
if you can't see the messages, they might be read receipts:
http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/delete_rr.htm

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[VanguardLH]

My outbox has 60 messages in it and it shows on the task bar that it is
sending those messages but nothing is happening. Each time I log off and
log on again I have the issues of unsent messages and background programs not
responding. I just want to abandon those messages and start again with a
clean slate.
I will appreciate any suggestions

Load Outlook.
Put it in offline mode (File -> Offline).
Exit and reload Outlook.
See if you can now delete the items in the Outbox folder.
Put Outlook in online mode (File -> uncheck Offline).