Outbox Error

[Michael]

I created a very large email and sent it to my outbox. It has since blocked
my outbox when it comes to send and receive.

When I try to delete the message from my outbox, an error message comes up -

'can't open this item. Outlook has already begun transmitting the message'

What can I do to delete it from my outbox?

 

[Oliver Vukovics]

Hi Michael,

your Outlook version is?

Have a look on this site:

"How to troubleshoot mail stuck in the Outbox in Outlook 2000"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/195922/en-us

 

[Michael]

Thanks,

Unfortunately that doesn't help!

I am using Microsoft Outlook 2003, with a Hotmail account.

Thanks

Michael

 

[Joe Grover]

Quick and dirty way:

Don't be connected to the internet and then open Outlook. If it can't
connect to the outgoing server then it can't start sending mail.

Joe

 

[Brian Tillman]

I created a very large email and sent it to my outbox. It has since
blocked my outbox when it comes to send and receive.

When I try to delete the message from my outbox, an error message
comes up -

'can't open this item. Outlook has already begun transmitting the
message'

What can I do to delete it from my outbox?

Click FIle and check Work Offline. Stop and restart Outlook. Delete the
message. Click File and uncheck Work Offline.

 

[Tonecas]

I did what you said, but Outlook gave me the same error...

 

[Peter Foldes]

Did you follow Briansk instructions to the letter


In Outlook go to File and select Work Off Line. Then close Outlook. Open Outlook again and go to the Outbox and highlight the message with your right click and select Delete.
When done go to File and tale checkmark off from Work Offline and close Outlook. Open Outlook.

 

[Tonecas]

Yes, I did it e it won't work...

Did you follow Briansk instructions to the letter


In Outlook go to File and select Work Off Line. Then close Outlook. Open Outlook again and go to the Outbox and highlight the message with your right click and select Delete.
When done go to File and tale checkmark off from Work Offline and close Outlook. Open Outlook.

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Peter

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[Brian Tillman]

Yes, I did it e it won't work...

At least one of the methods outlined here is guaranteed to work:
http://www.howto-outlook.com/faq/messagestuckinoutbox.htm

 

[SDB]

HELP --- I tried all of the methods noted in the email below. I wound up
downloading the MDBV program and I tried to delete the offending file from my
outbox. You're not going to believe this. It deleted EVERYTHING in Outlook
including my calendar entries, tasks, contacts and all emails -- that is, all
emails EXCEPT the one I was trying to get rid of. So now the only file I
have in outlook is an email sitting in my outbox that I can not extricate.

A penny for anyone's thoughts on how I can recover the outlook files and get
rid of the email sitting in my outbox ! (My computer is a fairly new Dell so
I had not yet backed up my emails - however, I use a POP email from a yahoo
account and have my emails their without my whole folder system.....Oy).

 

[Brian Tillman]

HELP --- I tried all of the methods noted in the email below. I
wound up downloading the MDBV program and I tried to delete the
offending file from my outbox. You're not going to believe this. It
deleted EVERYTHING in Outlook including my calendar entries, tasks,
contacts and all emails -- that is, all emails EXCEPT the one I was
trying to get rid of. So now the only file I have in outlook is an
email sitting in my outbox that I can not extricate.

Did you make a backup of your data before messing with it? It would be
fairly easy to make a mistake with the MDBVU32 tool and delete everything.
That would be my LAST choice, especially since Method 3 is GUARANTEED to
eliminate the stuck message because you're creating a brand-new PST with an
EMPTY Outbox.

A penny for anyone's thoughts on how I can recover the outlook files
and get rid of the email sitting in my outbox ! (My computer is a
fairly new Dell so I had not yet backed up my emails - however, I use
a POP email from a yahoo account and have my emails their without my
whole folder system.....Oy).

I'd start with a new mail profile and a new PST set to be the delivery
location. Configure it all in the Mail applet in Control Panel before
starting Outlook. The new PST will have an empty Outbox (and every other
folder) and the new mail profile will cause Outlook to re-download
everything in the Inbox on your POP server. I'm afraid, however, that
you've probably lost your contacts and calendar contents completely, unless
it's in the current PST's Deleted Items folder.