outlook 2003 getting my outbox locked while sending a large email

[red54]

thread68-1059276 outlook 2003
getting my outbox locked while sending a large email, over and over again. Unable to delete it as it replies with Unable to open because outlook has already started sending this email.

Easiest (if you can consider it easy) is to delete the mailbox you are sending from. NOTE: I have been told Yahoo is the culprit and the error is triggered by sending to a full mailbox. i.e. your recipients are the problem along with Yahoo. Can't prove it, just stating what I've been told, and it seems to be true from what I've seen.

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[cmeagan656]

Try stopping send/receive and then delete the e-mail from the outbox. To stop send/receive go tools ->send/receive ->send/receive settings ->show progress. In the box that pops up highlight the task that shows sending (should be showing as "in progress") and click on End Task. Once you ended the task immediately try to delete the e-mail from your Outbox.

Hope this helps.

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[red54]

This won't work for me. Shows nothing upon delete, but the email is still in outbox. Have to do what I related to get rid of it. If you try to open it to change the account, it won't open, and shows that it has been started sending, when in fact there is no sending going on.
Thanks though, just wish it would delete like it is supposed to.


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