I was editing the options within Outlook 2010, by navigating within File > Options > Mail and unchecking Delivery receipt confirming the message was delivered to the reciept's e-mail server, and, an error message appeared 'Operation failed'. I am connected to the Internet, however, the problem is vague.
A friend of mine told me I could set an option to delay items to be saved within the Outbox until I select send and receive.
This is because I have the bad habit of typing flames - which are admittedly unethical quite spontaneously, and, I have some trojan, which I can't get rid of which seems to make a combination of Alt + S intermittently, and moves my cursor all over the place when I am typing. Avira anti-virus has not resolved this problem as yet, and, neither has my support guy!