When I send an email on Outlook Express, it goes to my outbox. A msg appears stating that there has been an error. No details on the error are given. If I go to the outbox and hit send/red the recipient may get the msg 4 to 10 times. When I close my email, I get a msg asking if I want to send the email that is in my outbox.

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Hi,
If your Email is trying to send as soon as you start Outlook Express, you might try this:
Open Outlook Express and go to the top menu, click TOOLS then under that menu, OPTIONS. Under the GENERAL tab, uncheck the box for "Send and receive messages at startup", then click OK.
Close Outlook Express and start it up again. Hopefully this will allow you to delete the Email. Good luck!

make sure you POP3, and SMTP setting are correct...with who ever your email provider is. If you have hotmail, it should auto configure for you with there http protocol settings for sending and receiving mail.

Plz disable ur internet, close ur outlook without sending, then open again & if sending receiving then cancel immediately, now u can delete ur e-mail from outlook.

I've had the same problem, and my way to fix it was to turn of the firewall and check if it worked, and it did.
When I was sure that the firewall was my problem, I gave accsess to Outlook Express manually through my firewall.
I can probably help you with that to, but then I have to know what firewall/anti virus program you use (if you got one at all?)

This is a common problem with outlook express. The files have become too large for outlook express. I recommend blowing out all the emails. Try first empty the deleted items. If it will not delete. You need to find the folder associated with this identity. That would be in C drive then documents and settings then your username then application data (hidden folder) then identities. There will be a folder with a crazy name of numbers and letters. Go into this folder and you will see your inbox folder and outbox, sent box etc. Delete the folders that you dont have important emails in and this will dump that whole box. Make sure outlook express is closed when you do this. When you reopen outlook express it will recreate these folders empty. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me.

>lets go store location
>open outlook express>tools>options>maintenance>store folder>Copy the location
>click start >run>paste the location >Click OK
>it would open up outlook express data file with .DBX extensions
>lets make sure outlook express closed
>lets rename the outbox.dbx to outbox.old
>lets reopen outlook express> but we will loose the outbox email

Hello
I havent seen that problem with Outlook Express just with Microsoft Outlook. but this solution should work with outlook express to.
here how you solv it. you need to remove the outbox file manually. remember that all your outbox files gonna be deleted.
step by step.
1.close outlook express
2. go to C:\Documents and Settings\"your user name"\Local Settings\Application Data\Identities\("alot of numbers here.->"{7850C6E6-099E-4EFD-A3F5-A88CA4FC6169}\Microsoft\Outlook Express\

* if you can find Local settings you need to show hidden files!
a. go to tools>folder options->view-> mark show hidden files and folders-> ok

3.in the map outlook express delete the outbox.dbx or move it somewhere.

4. try now to start the outlook express and the outbox should be empty.


good luck.

Here's the fix if when you send an email attachment from another application it gets stuck in the Outlook Outbox...
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\Common\MailSettings]
"StrictAccountOrder"=dword:00000001
Tooks us a long time to come up with it but great to have! It's fixed in Outlook 2007.
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Make sure you configured the outlook express rightly and then check if the preferences are rightly set up

reinstall outlook express if the problem still persists