deleting a message stuck in th outbox

[Guest]

I tried to email a message with a large attachment. It is now stuck in my
outbox and I cannot delete it (I have tried every method to delete it) and
now I cannot send any other messages. This is my business outlook and I am
in an extreme quandry...help help help

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

File->Work Offline. Completely close and then reopen Outlook. Delete the message. File->uncheck Work Offline. Close and restart outlook.

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After furious head scratching, mary asked:

| I tried to email a message with a large attachment. It is now stuck
| in my outbox and I cannot delete it (I have tried every method to
| delete it) and now I cannot send any other messages. This is my
| business outlook and I am in an extreme quandry...help help help

 

[Brian Tillman]

I have the same problem. I've tried Milly's suggestion, but with no
success. Any more ideas anybody?

More invasive techniques can be found at the following site, one of which is
guaranteed to work, but it's also the most work to accomplish:
http://www.howto-outlook.com/faq/messagestuckinoutbox.htm

 

[Guest]

HELP...... none of this is working on my computer........ or I can;t even
find some of the stuff that i am suppose to click on.

 

[Brian Tillman]

HELP...... none of this is working on my computer........ or I can;t
even find some of the stuff that i am suppose to click on.

Click Help>About and tell us exactly what version of Outlook you're using.

 

[Guest]

same situation here - all the tips dont work. my outlook version is 2003 /
11.8118.8132 SP2

 

[Tim]

same situation here - all the tips dont work. my outlook version is 2003 /
11.8118.8132 SP2

Which situation? Which tips? Just saying "all the tips" and "same
situation" is not going to get you much help. You need to put in some
effort by providing additional information.

Tim

 

[KB]

This was the answer I was looking for. YES. FINALLY. I also deleted a
bunch of stuff and saved off all the attachments (using the tool recommended
on this forum). Between all of that, I am now funcitoning again in Outlook,
and fast!

Now, can someone tell me how to save off the emails into folders on hard
drive so they won't take up all my room in Outlook? I still have 1.8 Gb in
my .pst file. I'd like to reduce that size.

Thanks,
Karen

 

[Brian Tillman]

Now, can someone tell me how to save off the emails into folders on
hard drive so they won't take up all my room in Outlook? I still
have 1.8 Gb in my .pst file. I'd like to reduce that size.

My opinion is that you should take advantage of autoarchiving or create
additional PSTs for yourself and leave the messages in Outlook.

 

[MarylandMommy]

I have the exact same situation... I tried all of the methods listed on the
link including the forcibly delete and a I get a Mapi_E_no access error.

I have set outlook to offline, turned off my internet, rebooted the computer
and it still says that the message has begun transmitting so I can't do
anything with it. Two days later and it is still "transmitting" and clogging
up the works.

I am using office 2007

 

[Brian Tillman]

I have set outlook to offline, turned off my internet, rebooted the
computer and it still says that the message has begun transmitting so
I can't do anything with it. Two days later and it is still
"transmitting" and clogging up the works.

Unplug the network cable before you reboot.