I have Outlook 2003 and there is a large hotmail email in my outbox that I am
trying to delete, but it refuses to budge, indeed it appears to keep sending
an email to the recipient every few minutes according to the sent box.

The responses I've seen in here seem to lead in the right direction but I
was trying to follow the one about creating / changing the .pst file and it's
not completely clear, the options I am led to are diferent to those as
described. Can someone break it down more clearly for me.

R

Russell <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> I have Outlook 2003 and there is a large hotmail email in my outbox
> that I am trying to delete, but it refuses to budge, indeed it
> appears to keep sending an email to the recipient every few minutes
> according to the sent box.
>
> The responses I've seen in here seem to lead in the right direction
> but I was trying to follow the one about creating / changing the .pst
> file and it's not completely clear, the options I am led to are
> diferent to those as described. Can someone break it down more
> clearly for me.

In the majority of cases, clicking File>Work Offline, then stopping and
restarting Outlook will allow you to delete the message. Creating a new PST
is the last resort, although it's guaranteed to work. See this:
http://www.howto-outlook.com/faq/mes...ckinoutbox.htm
--
Brian Tillman

Brian

I was following the instructions - File/New/Open Outlook Data file - It then
gave me Office Outlook Personal Folders file as 1 option (of 2) which I
selected, and gave it a name of Personal Folders(1). A new box then opens to
create the folder - OK that - and the folder appears in Outlook.

Then Tools / Accounts and a box opens with View or Change existing accounts
as an option - then what?

"Brian Tillman" wrote:

> Russell <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> > I have Outlook 2003 and there is a large hotmail email in my outbox
> > that I am trying to delete, but it refuses to budge, indeed it
> > appears to keep sending an email to the recipient every few minutes
> > according to the sent box.
> >
> > The responses I've seen in here seem to lead in the right direction
> > but I was trying to follow the one about creating / changing the .pst
> > file and it's not completely clear, the options I am led to are
> > diferent to those as described. Can someone break it down more
> > clearly for me.
>
> In the majority of cases, clicking File>Work Offline, then stopping and
> restarting Outlook will allow you to delete the message. Creating a new PST
> is the last resort, although it's guaranteed to work. See this:
> http://www.howto-outlook.com/faq/mes...ckinoutbox.htm
> --
> Brian Tillman
>
>

Outlook \File \Work Offline. After selecting Work Offline close Outlook. Then open Outlook while still Offline and Delete the offending email.

--
Peter

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"Russell" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:298CED62-8430-402E-97E8-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Brian
>
> I was following the instructions - File/New/Open Outlook Data file - It then
> gave me Office Outlook Personal Folders file as 1 option (of 2) which I
> selected, and gave it a name of Personal Folders(1). A new box then opens to
> create the folder - OK that - and the folder appears in Outlook.
>
> Then Tools / Accounts and a box opens with View or Change existing accounts
> as an option - then what?
>
> "Brian Tillman" wrote:
>
>> Russell <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>> > I have Outlook 2003 and there is a large hotmail email in my outbox
>> > that I am trying to delete, but it refuses to budge, indeed it
>> > appears to keep sending an email to the recipient every few minutes
>> > according to the sent box.
>> >
>> > The responses I've seen in here seem to lead in the right direction
>> > but I was trying to follow the one about creating / changing the ..pst
>> > file and it's not completely clear, the options I am led to are
>> > diferent to those as described. Can someone break it down more
>> > clearly for me.
>>
>> In the majority of cases, clicking File>Work Offline, then stopping and
>> restarting Outlook will allow you to delete the message. Creating a new PST
>> is the last resort, although it's guaranteed to work. See this:
>> http://www.howto-outlook.com/faq/mes...ckinoutbox.htm
>> --
>> Brian Tillman
>>
>>

I had tried that before and it didn't work, but I tried again and followed
another idea - moving the email into the draft folder - then deleting it -
SUCCESS!!!!!

Many Thanks

R

"Peter Foldes" wrote:

> Outlook \File \Work Offline. After selecting Work Offline close Outlook. Then open Outlook while still Offline and Delete the offending email.
>
> --
> Peter
>
> Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
> Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.
>
> "Russell" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:298CED62-8430-402E-97E8-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Brian
> >
> > I was following the instructions - File/New/Open Outlook Data file - It then
> > gave me Office Outlook Personal Folders file as 1 option (of 2) which I
> > selected, and gave it a name of Personal Folders(1). A new box then opens to
> > create the folder - OK that - and the folder appears in Outlook.
> >
> > Then Tools / Accounts and a box opens with View or Change existing accounts
> > as an option - then what?
> >
> > "Brian Tillman" wrote:
> >
> >> Russell <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> >>
> >> > I have Outlook 2003 and there is a large hotmail email in my outbox
> >> > that I am trying to delete, but it refuses to budge, indeed it
> >> > appears to keep sending an email to the recipient every few minutes
> >> > according to the sent box.
> >> >
> >> > The responses I've seen in here seem to lead in the right direction
> >> > but I was trying to follow the one about creating / changing the ..pst
> >> > file and it's not completely clear, the options I am led to are
> >> > diferent to those as described. Can someone break it down more
> >> > clearly for me.
> >>
> >> In the majority of cases, clicking File>Work Offline, then stopping and
> >> restarting Outlook will allow you to delete the message. Creating a new PST
> >> is the last resort, although it's guaranteed to work. See this:
> >> http://www.howto-outlook.com/faq/mes...ckinoutbox.htm
> >> --
> >> Brian Tillman
> >>
> >>
>

[sally seagull]

I've had this problem for a few days now but the thing is that when I open Outlook2003 I can't click any button as it's stuck and "Not Responding". Could any one tell me how to solve this problem?


Regards
Sal.

Russell <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> I was following the instructions - File/New/Open Outlook Data file -
> It then gave me Office Outlook Personal Folders file as 1 option (of
> 2) which I selected, and gave it a name of Personal Folders(1). A new
> box then opens to create the folder - OK that - and the folder
> appears in Outlook.
>
> Then Tools / Accounts and a box opens with View or Change existing
> accounts as an option - then what?

Then you make the new PST your delivery location, stopping and restarting
Outlook after you do. That will populare the new PST with new default
folders. The Outbox will of necessity be empty. You can then copy the
contents of the old PST's folders to the new folders.
--
Brian Tillman