That'll explain it

By Unemployed - 03/10/2009 02:23 - United States

Today, I checked my email for the hundredth time, hoping to hear back from a potential employer about a job I really want. No response. Why? My email with resume attached has been sitting in my Outbox for the past week. I never actually sent it out in the first place. FML
I agree, your life sucks 9 942
You deserved it 39 235

Same thing different taste

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I've definitely done that before. Just send it out.

You're the idiot. The outbox is where messages go when you click send but before they are sent by the server. Whether or not the person has read it yet has no bearing whatsoever over whether or not the message is in the outbox or the sent messages folder. When you send an e-mail, it generally first goes to the outbox while the server processes it. Once it has been sent by the server, it then gets moved to the sent messages folder (if your mail client is set up to save sent messages). The only effect a person actually reading the e-mail has is if you request that an automated response be sent to you when they read the message. Otherwise, you have no way of ever knowing whether or not they've read the message. There is a very good chance that there is some issue with her mail server and that the message has been sitting in the outbox unsent even though she clicked send. It may have to do with the attachment size or some server side issue. So before you all go claiming that this person is retarded, or has Down's Syndrome, or however else you feel like expressing that she is mentally challenged, think things through a little bit. That's probably a bit too much to ask though, considering that FML is populated by a bunch of 13 year old boys.

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by Unemployed (woman) Made me lol. This FML fails though.

good for your employer, one stupid employee less for him

how is that an fml? oh no, send it then see what happens. ill fix it for you; Today i was preparing a resume for my dream job and a couple of naked photos for my girlfriend. I sent them out without checking them properly, goodbye Dream Job. FML

If you actually did that then you're even dumber than the OP.

Expertfail 0

I wonder whose fault this is?

ole_fml 0

It's been a week, and you haven't noticed? Even when you checked a hundred times? FAIL.

Either you're stupid, or you're dumb. Outbox = You sent it already, but the other person hasn't opened it yet. Sent = You've sent it and they have read it. Drafts = You have started writing but haven't sent it to anyone yet. So that means that your email puts your drafts in "outbox" and you're stupid for not sending it, or you are dumb for not knowing the difference between outbox, sent mail, and drafts!

You're the idiot. The outbox is where messages go when you click send but before they are sent by the server. Whether or not the person has read it yet has no bearing whatsoever over whether or not the message is in the outbox or the sent messages folder. When you send an e-mail, it generally first goes to the outbox while the server processes it. Once it has been sent by the server, it then gets moved to the sent messages folder (if your mail client is set up to save sent messages). The only effect a person actually reading the e-mail has is if you request that an automated response be sent to you when they read the message. Otherwise, you have no way of ever knowing whether or not they've read the message. There is a very good chance that there is some issue with her mail server and that the message has been sitting in the outbox unsent even though she clicked send. It may have to do with the attachment size or some server side issue. So before you all go claiming that this person is retarded, or has Down's Syndrome, or however else you feel like expressing that she is mentally challenged, think things through a little bit. That's probably a bit too much to ask though, considering that FML is populated by a bunch of 13 year old boys.

honeyishrnkdakid 2

Thank you #20 for saving me the trouble of having to explain to #18. OP, it's 50% FYL and 50% YDI. I say that because EVERYTIME I send out an IMPORTANT email, I ALWAYS CHECK the sent folder to make sure it sent. Earlier this week I had the same issue and until that time I didn't know anything about the outbox. All I knew was that I sent the email and it wasn't in my sent folder. So, I rooted around and found it in my outbox, then used the help section of my Mail application (Mac) to find out what the outbox was for and why my message was there instead of sent and that's when I learned and I checked my server and fixed the problem by sending it through a different server. Long story short, that really sucks but you deserve it for not checking that it had been sent.

wow that just sucks it doesn't ******* matter just resend it you **** this isn't an fml

Well said #19, Just re-send the email! It's not like your gonna die! and YDI for putting this as a FML cuz it's a FAKE

Sun_Kissed18 25

Just send it again and wait some more? I mean sucks how you waited all the time for nothing but its not like you only had a week's window of time to send it in, right?

That sucks, but could have been avoided if you had turned in a physical copy, in person. Then they'd have a face to match with the application, and you'd see that it was delivered, and depending on the job, maybe get an immediate interview. But if that wasn't possible, because the job is miles away... FYL.

Completely incompetent with basic technology. You'd be perfect for my company's IT department! Please send the a resume on parchment written in quill and ink using a carrier pigeon.