how do i cancel an email that has begun transmitting

[barbazza]

i sent an email that was too big and now it's just sitting in my outbox. i've
tried to delete but nothing happens. i try to open it and it says "cannot
open this item. outlook has already begun transmitting this message". it
won't let me cancel the transmission or anything. i've closed out of
outlook, still there. it's been there about 9 hours now.

 

[Oliver Vukovics [Public Shareware]]

Hi barbazza,

have a look on this site :

"How to troubleshoot e-mail messages that are stuck in your Outbox"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/262052/en-us

Maybe it helps.

 

[barbazza]

how do i open "outlook.exe/safe"? i tried typing it in the Run dialog box
from the Start menu, but it says it cannot find it???

 

[Tom [Pepper] Willett]

You're missing a space: outlook.exe /safe

: how do i open "outlook.exe/safe"? i tried typing it in the Run dialog box
: from the Start menu, but it says it cannot find it???
:
: "VanguardLH" wrote:
:
: > barbazza wrote:
: >
: > > i sent an email that was too big and now it's just sitting in my
outbox. i've
: > > tried to delete but nothing happens. i try to open it and it says
"cannot
: > > open this item. outlook has already begun transmitting this message".
it
: > > won't let me cancel the transmission or anything. i've closed out of
: > > outlook, still there. it's been there about 9 hours now.
: >
: > Delete an item stuck in the Outbox folder:
: > - Load Outlook.
: > - Put Outlook in offline mode (File -> Work Offline: enable).
: > - Exit Outlook.
: > - Load Outlook in its safe mode ("outlook.exe /safe"). This ensures no
: > plug-ins get loaded when Outlook is loaded. Reloading Outlook in
: > offline mode means it won't touch the stuck item. If Outlook ever
: > touches the item, you cannot delete it.
: > - Delete the stuck item in the Outbox folder.
: > - Put Outlook in online mode (File -> Work Offline: disable).
: > - Exit Outlook.
: > - Reload Outlook.
: >

 

[Oliver Vukovics [Public Shareware]]

Dear barbazza,

why do you want to start Outlook in "safe" mode?

On this site I post for you:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/262052/en-us

is no sentence about "How to start Outlook in safe mode?"

--
Oliver Vukovics
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[barbazza]

it's all good. i got it figured out. thanks for your help!! have a good one.