Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An electronic folder for outgoing e-mails or text messages.
- noun A container for outgoing documents, located in or near one's office or work area.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A box holding all the mail to be sent out.
- noun computing An electronic folder serving the same purpose, for
electronic mail . - verb boxing, transitive To
box better than.
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Examples
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The outbox is a great way to give yourself some space from your stuff without having to commit immediately to dumping it.
Apartment Therapy Main Laure Joliet 2010
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I have been trying to send PM's, but they keep on being held in the 'outbox'.
Army Rumour Service 2010
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I have been trying to send PM's, but they keep on being held in the 'outbox'.
Army Rumour Service 2010
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- Is there a way to get all pm's in the "send messages" as smf doesn't have the "outbox" like phpBB has. (no way of telling if a message has been read in smf at least not on my smf Forum) - how could i get ride of the "This message has been removed by its author before it was delivered." pm's?
phpBB.com Suikojin 2010
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I have been trying to send PM's, but they keep on being held in the 'outbox'.
Army Rumour Service 2010
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I have been trying to send PM's, but they keep on being held in the 'outbox'.
Army Rumour Service 2010
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I have been trying to send PM's, but they keep on being held in the 'outbox'.
Army Rumour Service 2010
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I have been trying to send PM's, but they keep on being held in the 'outbox'.
Army Rumour Service 2010
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I have been trying to send PM's, but they keep on being held in the 'outbox'.
Army Rumour Service 2010
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I have been trying to send PM's, but they keep on being held in the 'outbox'.
Army Rumour Service 2010
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