I tried to send an email message in Vista, Windows mail and the message will
not send. It appears to be sitting in a que and is preventing any other
messages from sending. The error message references some addresses that may
be bad but the big problem is being able to remove a message from the que.
Does any one know how to cancel an email messsage. There is no list to
delete or edit.

Thanks for the help.

4niercarpentry wrote:

> I tried to send an email message in Vista, Windows mail and the message will
> not send. It appears to be sitting in a que and is preventing any other
> messages from sending. The error message references some addresses that may
> be bad but the big problem is being able to remove a message from the que.
> Does any one know how to cancel an email messsage. There is no list to
> delete or edit.
>
> Thanks for the help.

This newsgroup discusses the Outlook e-mail client, not the Windows Mail
e-mail client that is included in Windows Vista.

If "Vista, Windows mail" was not meant to refer to Windows Mail and you
are using Outlook, try the following:

Delete an item stuck in the Outbox folder:
- Load Outlook.
- Put Outlook in offline mode (File -> Work Offline, enable).
- Optional - If Outlook touches the stuck item, you can't delete it.
If you touched the item:
o Exit Outlook.
o Load Outlook in its safe mode ("outlook.exe /safe"). This ensures:
+ No plug-ins get loaded that might touch the item.
+ Loading Outlook in offline mode means it won't touch the stuck
item.
- Delete the stuck item in the Outbox folder.
- Put Outlook in online mode (File -> Work Offline: disable).
- If you restarted Outlook in its safe mode, exit and restart Outlook
for normal operation.

Windows Mail is off-topic for this newsgroup. Use the Windows Mail newsgroup
in the Vista section instead.

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Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
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"4niercarpentry" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:8637EFA7-B11E-410D-9062-(E-Mail Removed)...
> I tried to send an email message in Vista, Windows mail and the message
> will
> not send. It appears to be sitting in a que and is preventing any other
> messages from sending. The error message references some addresses that
> may
> be bad but the big problem is being able to remove a message from the que.
> Does any one know how to cancel an email messsage. There is no list to
> delete or edit.
>
> Thanks for the help.