Under WinXP Pro SP2, Outlook 2003 Will Not SEND a Message That's in My Inbox

[AA Smith]

I have a message that's stuck in the Outbox. It will not Send even though
Outlook 2003 has been through several Send/Receive cycles. Whatever is
keeping it from being sent is not intuitively obvious. It's listed there in
all italics. What could be causing this hang-up. More importantly, how can
I get Outlook 2003 to send that message?

 

[Guest]

Try the steps listed here to see if they help (if not, post back):
http://www.howto-outlook.com/faq/messagestuckinoutbox.htm

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

Unless you know what the problem is and correct it, you'll probably need to
delete it.

Is the message too large? Can you connect to the SMTP server? Are there any
error messages in the send/receive progress dialog?

http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/stuck_message.htm

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)



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[AA Smith]

Hi, Kathleen!

I appreciate your feedback. However, the steps suggested sat the link below
relate to deleting as stuck message from the Outbox. I don't know whether
or not the message can be deleted. I haven't tried that. I simply want to
Send the message, but it won't send.

 

[AA Smith]

Hi, Diane!

The stuck e-mail is a simple 8-line message in a normal Arial font; no
attackments, and nothing imbedded. Outlook connects to the server just fine
every time it goes through a Send/Receive cycle. No error messages appear.
;-(
-
With kindest regards,

Dick Smith

Unless you know what the problem is and correct it, you'll probably need
to delete it.

Is the message too large? Can you connect to the SMTP server? Are there
any error messages in the send/receive progress dialog?

http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/stuck_message.htm

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)



Join OneNote Tips mailing list: http://www.onenote-tips.net/

I have a message that's stuck in the Outbox. It will not Send even though
Outlook 2003 has been through several Send/Receive cycles. Whatever is
keeping it from being sent is not intuitively obvious. It's listed there
in all italics. What could be causing this hang-up. More importantly,
how can I get Outlook 2003 to send that message?

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

Do you have more than one email account in your profile and is it using the
right account? Is the address correct - can you send other messages to that
same person?

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)



Join OneNote Tips mailing list: http://www.onenote-tips.net/

Hi, Diane!

The stuck e-mail is a simple 8-line message in a normal Arial font; no
attackments, and nothing imbedded. Outlook connects to the server just
fine every time it goes through a Send/Receive cycle. No error messages
appear. ;-(
-
With kindest regards,

Dick Smith

Unless you know what the problem is and correct it, you'll probably need
to delete it.

Is the message too large? Can you connect to the SMTP server? Are there
any error messages in the send/receive progress dialog?

http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/stuck_message.htm

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)



Join OneNote Tips mailing list: http://www.onenote-tips.net/

I have a message that's stuck in the Outbox. It will not Send even
though Outlook 2003 has been through several Send/Receive cycles.
Whatever is keeping it from being sent is not intuitively obvious. It's
listed there in all italics. What could be causing this hang-up. More
importantly, how can I get Outlook 2003 to send that message?

 

[AA Smith]

Thanks, again, Diane!

I still don't know what held that e-mail up. It was a reply to an
associate's e-mail. I simply copied all of the text and pasted it into a
new e-mail to his address and it went winging his way immediately. Go
figure.

Again, thanks! I appreciate your help.
--
With kindest regards,

Dick Smith

Do you have more than one email account in your profile and is it using
the right account? Is the address correct - can you send other messages to
that same person?

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)



Join OneNote Tips mailing list: http://www.onenote-tips.net/

Hi, Diane!

The stuck e-mail is a simple 8-line message in a normal Arial font; no
attackments, and nothing imbedded. Outlook connects to the server just
fine every time it goes through a Send/Receive cycle. No error messages
appear. ;-(
-
With kindest regards,

Dick Smith

Unless you know what the problem is and correct it, you'll probably need
to delete it.

Is the message too large? Can you connect to the SMTP server? Are there
any error messages in the send/receive progress dialog?

http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/stuck_message.htm

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)



Join OneNote Tips mailing list: http://www.onenote-tips.net/


I have a message that's stuck in the Outbox. It will not Send even
though Outlook 2003 has been through several Send/Receive cycles.
Whatever is keeping it from being sent is not intuitively obvious. It's
listed there in all italics. What could be causing this hang-up. More
importantly, how can I get Outlook 2003 to send that message?

 

[beppes]

i have seen a lot of these error messages both on my machine and one of
my customers aswell as reading heaps of people in this group having the
same prob, here is what i have found: i started getting this error 2
years ago when my ISP upgraded their mail server with a new encryption
program. ever since this, i have had problems, my email will work for a
week, then it will stop working for no reason at all. it will stay like
this till i send my ISP a nasty email, then all of a sudden it will
start working again, one week later it stops.this has been happening
for over 2 years and nobody knows what the peoblem is. i have an
Iprimus account as well as my other ISP(i don't want to mention their
name), my iprimus account works fine everytime, but the other ISP(that
upgraded their mail server) still won't work. they keep telling me it
is at my end, but i know different because iprimus works. now when my
mail doesn't work, i call my ISP and the next day it works for 1 or 2
weeks. Moral of the story is, don't waste your time messing around with
your settings to fix the problem, it is your ISP.