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windows mail

Jun 21, 2007 6:18AM PDT

I use vista home premium with the new windows mail programme, can any-body help me? I have a message in my outbox that i cannot delete and it is blocking the all mail programme.
Please some-body help me.
linbeck

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What is the exact message?
Jun 21, 2007 6:25AM PDT

And are you trying to delete something, be it a file or folder?

John

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What I read ...
Jun 21, 2007 6:33AM PDT

is that he can't delete a message that's in the outbox.

And it blocks something (the all mail programme), but I'm not sure what it blocks exactly. It might be that messages below it won't be sent.

It might help indeed if he tells the exact message if he presses del, and what he means with blocking. And if there's any antivirus in the game, that may access the message.

Wouldn't it suffice as a workaround to move the file to some other folder and see what happens with the block? Maybe even move it to a new folder all alone and then try to delete the folder.

Kees

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windows mail
Jun 22, 2007 5:11AM PDT

Referance my problem with windows mail, not being able to delete unsent mail from my outbox. I downloaded a windows mail utility tool and after running it it seems to have solved my problem. The link to the website is detailed below, good luck
linbeck

http://www.oehelp.com/WMUtil/

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windows mail
Jun 22, 2007 2:04AM PDT

I have a unsent message in my outbox, when I try to send it I get the message that a unknown error as occured, and this is stopping me sendind any messages what-so-ever, also when I close windows mail I get the message you have a unsent message would you like to send it, when I click yes I get the same message a unknown error as occured.
linbeck