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Easy to determine where lost email went using the methods provided.
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Easy to determine where lost email went using the methods provided.

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I sent an email to my self, &nbsp;(same email I sent it from) on a desktop computer on April 4. I still have not received it but it is in my sent folder not my drafts. I am woundering what happened and how can I prevent this from happening again. How many emails have I sent to other people that have never been delivered. And before anyone asks I've checked that I had the email address right at least a dozen times.
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I sent an email to my self,  (same email I sent it from) on a desktop computer on April 4. I still have not received it but it is in my sent folder not my drafts. I am woundering what happened and how can I prevent this from happening again. How many emails have I sent to other people that have never been delivered. And before anyone asks I've checked that I had the email address right at least a dozen times.

Lost email

An email client, email reader or more formally mail user agent (MUA) is a computer program in the category of groupware environments used to access and manage a user's email. A web application that provides message management, composition, and reception functions may internally act as an email client; as a whole, it is commonly referred to as webmail. Likewise, email client may be referred to a piece of computer hardware or software whose primary or most visible role is to work as an email client. Email clients can also have other systems, like calendars, notes and contact managers.

Email Clients

Within Internet message handling services (MHS), a message transfer agent or mail transfer agent (MTA) or mail relay is software that transfers electronic mail messages from one computer to another using a client–server application architecture. A MTA implements both the client (sending) and server (receiving) portions of the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP). The terms mail server, mail exchanger, and MX host may also refer to a computer performing the MTA function. The Domain Name System (DNS) associates a mail server to a domain with mail exchanger (MX) resource records containing the domain name of a host providing MTA services.

Email Servers

Interactions between email servers and clients are governed by email protocols. The three most common email protocols are POP, IMAP and MAPI. Most email software operates under one of these (and many products support more than one).  The correct protocol must be selected, and correctly configured, if you want your email account to work.

Email Protocols

An email client, email reader or more formally mail user agent (MUA) is a computer program used to access and manage a user's email. A web application that provides message management, composition, and reception functions is sometimes also considered an email client, but more commonly referred to as webmail.