diff --git a/public_html/admin/index.php b/public_html/admin/index.php
index 6d06942..297fa65 100644
--- a/public_html/admin/index.php
+++ b/public_html/admin/index.php
@@ -837,6 +837,24 @@ if ($action) {
             $raw = curl_exec($ch); curl_close($ch);
             j(json_decode($raw, true) ?: ['error'=>'failed']);
 
+        // Added 2026-07-07: fetch a single outbox item WITH its body — outbox_list
+        // deliberately omits body for list-view performance, but VIEW needs the full text.
+        case 'outbox_get':
+            $id = (int)($_GET['id'] ?? 0); if (!$id) bad('Missing id');
+            $ch = curl_init('http://127.0.0.1:7474/comms/sent/' . $id);
+            curl_setopt_array($ch, [CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER=>true, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT=>5]);
+            $raw = curl_exec($ch); curl_close($ch);
+            j(json_decode($raw, true) ?: ['error'=>'failed']);
+
+        // Added 2026-07-07: closes the "compose creates a draft but nothing can ever
+        // send it" gap — dispatches a queued draft through the real send path.
+        case 'outbox_send':
+            $id = (int)($_GET['id'] ?? 0); if (!$id) bad('Missing id');
+            $ch = curl_init('http://127.0.0.1:7474/comms/sent/' . $id . '/send');
+            curl_setopt_array($ch, [CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER=>true, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT=>30, CURLOPT_POST=>true, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS=>'']);
+            $raw = curl_exec($ch); curl_close($ch);
+            j(json_decode($raw, true) ?: ['error'=>'failed']);
+
         case 'send_reply':
             $id      = (int)($_GET['id'] ?? 0); if (!$id) bad('Missing triage id');
             $content = $_GET['content'] ?? '';
@@ -4370,6 +4388,7 @@ async function loadOutbox() {
       <td style="font-size:0.6rem;color:var(--dim)">${m.account||'gmail'}</td>
       <td style="font-size:0.6rem;color:var(--dim)">${ts}</td>
       <td style="white-space:nowrap">
+        ${sc==='queued' ? `<button class="btn btn-xs btn-green" onclick="outboxSend(${m.id})">SEND</button>` : ''}
         <button class="btn btn-xs" onclick="outboxViewBody(${m.id})">VIEW</button>
         <button class="btn btn-xs btn-red" onclick="outboxDelete(${m.id})">DEL</button>
       </td>
@@ -4385,12 +4404,19 @@ async function outboxDelete(id) {
   else toast('Delete failed: ' + (d.error||''), 'err');
 }
 
+// Added 2026-07-07: composing only ever created a queued draft — there was no
+// button anywhere to actually send one. This closes that gap.
+async function outboxSend(id) {
+  if (!confirm('Send this draft now?')) return;
+  const d = await api('outbox_send', {id});
+  if (d.success) { toast('Sent', 'ok'); loadOutbox(); }
+  else toast('Send failed: ' + (d.error||'unknown error'), 'err');
+}
+
 async function outboxViewBody(id) {
-  const d = await api('outbox_list', {limit: 200});
-  const sent = Array.isArray(d) ? d : (d.sent || []);
-  const m = sent.find(x => x.id == id);
-  if (!m) return;
-  openModal('SENT MESSAGE — ' + esc(m.subject||''), `
+  const m = await api('outbox_get', {id});
+  if (!m || m.error) { toast('Failed to load message', 'err'); return; }
+  openModal((m.status==='queued'?'DRAFT — ':'SENT MESSAGE — ') + esc(m.subject||''), `
     <div style="font-family:var(--mono);font-size:0.65rem;color:var(--text-dim);margin-bottom:8px">TO: ${esc(m.to_email||'')} · ACCOUNT: ${m.account||'gmail'}</div>
     <pre style="font-size:0.65rem;white-space:pre-wrap;max-height:300px;overflow-y:auto;background:rgba(0,212,255,0.03);border:1px solid var(--border);border-radius:3px;padding:8px">${esc(m.body||'(no body)')}</pre>
   `, null, null);