You can't change the timeout on exchange accounts.
Are the attachments local or on a network drive? does it happen with all new
mail that sites or just those with attachments? Are you autosaving drafts?
if not, does it work correctly if you hit save soon after opening the
message?
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"fbon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> When I try an send attacments in office 2003 ( exchange 2007 envierment) I
> select send to mail recipient in excel or in adobe reader I select attach
> to
> email and it pulls a outlook new email window, the problem occurs when I
> let
> the email sit to long with out editing it I recieve an error (The
> operation
> failed due to network or other communication problems. Check your
> connections
> and try again.").
> Is there a reg key that I can to create that will not timeout the new
> email?
>
> Thanks,