email problem

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I can't send email from Windows email. I get no error message, it just dumps
the email into the outbox. We have checked everything and my husband
(programmer) has given up. Is it something obvious that we are missing? I
also can't print from this computer. Is it a related problem? I get no error
message with that either.
Right now this computer is useless to me.

Peggy
 
Can you send mail? You are receiving mail, even though, it's being dumped in
the wrong folder. If you can receive and send mail, that pretty well
eliminates account setup problems. If it was dumping your mail to the Junk
Mail box I'd say you had a rule or folder problem. You may want to reinstall
WM.
The only way I could see your inablily to print having an effect on you
email was if you were having a port conflict, for some reason the SMTP server
and printer port were accessing the same port address. Very doubtful. Is
this an old printer? Is it connected to an LPT port rather than being an USB
printer as most new ones are?
Check COM and LPT Ports in Device manager and see if any confilcts exist.
Does the printer show up on the installed printer list in Control Panel,
Printers? Most problems with printers are device driver problems, not port
assignments. Again check Device Manager to see if printer has device driver
problems (especially if this is an older printer that may be using a
non-Vista compatible driver.)
My suggestion: uninstall the printer and remove it from the computer.
Address your email problems first. Eliminate the chance of conflicts. Solve
one problem ,then move on to the other.
Just as a matter of interest, if this printer IS some relic using an LPT
port, Vista allows you to change the assigned LPT ports from a drop down
list. No more having to go in and change resources assigned to a specific
port to avoid confilicts.
 
peggy said:
I can't send email from Windows email. I get no error message, it just
dumps
the email into the outbox. We have checked everything and my husband
(programmer) has given up. Is it something obvious that we are missing? I
also can't print from this computer. Is it a related problem? I get no
error
message with that either.
Right now this computer is useless to me.
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Email scanning should be turned off in any anti-virus. Also exclude EML
files from the scan. It provides no
protection not provided by the regular resident protection.
Besides that, McAfee and Norton are not compatible with Windows Mail and
Outlook Express and should be uninstalled.

Get this fix and then delete all mail from the Inbox.
Messages may be stuck in the Outbox when you use Windows Mail on a computer
that is running Windows Vista
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941090
 
I have taken off McAfee. That was one of the first things we did. I can
receive email just not send it. The recieved email goes into my inbox. The
outgoing email had been going into the sent folder, as if it had been sent.
So now I should uninstall Wm and reinstall.
My printer will work with my XP machine with no problem. I installed Vista
drivers, but still nothing.


Peggy
 
I am having the same problem. It is a microsoft stupid glitch. I am sick of
it. It does not happen in other mail programs. I guess we have to ditch
windows mail. I used to get an error message with this problem, now i don't.
This is so frustrating and we are helpless!!
 
By "taken off McAfee" do you mean you uninstalled it properly?
You'd be surprised how many people think they can get rid of a
program by just deleting its folder or files.

First you said your outgoing messages were sitting in the Outbox.
Now you are saying they are in "the sent folder". So which is it,
Outbox or Sent Items folder? It makes a difference as far as what
corrective action you should take.

Your printer problem is entirely separate, and should be addressed
to the forum that deals with printing issues.

Gary VanderMolen
 
Do you just want to vent or do you want help?
If the latter, please describe the issue succinctly.
Don't assume your issue is just like someone else's.

Gary VanderMolen
 
Sally said:
I am having the same problem. It is a microsoft stupid glitch. I am sick of
it. It does not happen in other mail programs. I guess we have to ditch
windows mail. I used to get an error message with this problem, now i
don't.
This is so frustrating and we are helpless!!
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Did you install this fix?
Messages may be stuck in the Outbox when you use Windows Mail on a computer
that is running Windows Vista
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941090
 
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