After the messages have been successfully delivered to the recipient, they are being moved to the “Sent” or “Sent Messages folder”. When you compose an email and hit send, it first goes to the “Outbox” folder before it connects to the mail server and is successfully sent to the recipient. However, they have different meanings in terms of delivery. The terms Outbox and Sent messages are often used synonymously when it comes to sending and receiving emails via an email program such as Gmail, Outlook, and more.