Vista mail outbox message stuck

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I'm glad it worked for you. MS finally released that patch after 11 months
of the problem.

steve
 
Hi, Mromick.

You can't "re-install Vista mail". Windows Mail is a built-in part of Vista
and can't be uninstalled (by mere mortals), so it can't be reinstalled
without reinstalling all of Vista.

It wouldn't do any good anyhow. The problem is not in the Vista program,
but in the data and metadata, and those wouldn't be affected by a reinstall.

Steve has already given the right advice. Either take that or do what many
of us have done: Download and install the free Windows Live Mail (note the
subtle-but-significant name change) from:
Windows Live Mail
http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview

Installation of WLM will delete the icons and pointers for WM, but the WM
program will still be available in All Programs and you can run it
side-by-side with WLM if you like. Many of us did this for a few weeks
while getting familiar with WLM. I've not seen any user report a "stuck in
the Outbox" problem with WLM.

Peer-to-peer support for WLM is in the
microsoft.public.windows.live.mail.desktop newsgroup. (Ignore the word
"desktop"; it was deleted from the name of the program a year ago but still
appears in the NG name.)

RC
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(Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64 SP1)
 
Deb or Dave said:
Not in WM, but using other email programs, I've had email stuck on the
server, which prevented me from downloading any messages.
In those cases, I've been able to log into my mail via the web access my ISP
provides, or by using a free email site, like
http://www.e-mailanywhere.com/
and delete the offending email (usually spam).
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As I had said before but my post was mainly ignored - the way to get rid of a
message that is "stuck" in a particular folder is to move all the messages
you want to keep into another folder and then delete the folder the "stuck"
message is in - it works every time.

Wrote that way back when I first tried the Vista "upgrade" that I received
for my new PC that came with XP (early 2007) - went back to XP after about 3
days of Vista nonsense. But here I am back in Vista again since recently had
a problem with the PC and could not get the reformat to XP to work - could
only start it with the Vista upgrade disk - I have not given up trying to get
my beleoved XP back though.
 
It looks like you're replying to a rather old message, one written before
the current fix for such problems became available:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/941090

The Vista SP1 update is an alternate fix, but takes longer to install.

Also, Windows Mail usually refuses to delete any of its default folders,
such as the Outbox, even if it will delete folders you told it to add.
 
Cannot delete message from my inbox- Cannot open it or view properties- I
just get message "Error Occurred"... How do I delete this message??
 
"Steve Cochran" wrote:

You can close WinMail and then move the entire contents of the message
store
directory to another directory and that will start it up fresh. You can
then drag the ?.eml files (messages) back into the WinMail folders or
delete them.


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I tried downloading Hotfix KB941090; I verified I have 32 bit; download
failed; I called Norton Internet Security. Disabled the AntiVirus, we
disabled email scans, we uninstalled the entire Norton Internet Security,
tried re-installing the Hotfix- NOTHING works.
I really am worried about creating a new ID- I am not that tech savvy - and
Vista is so problematic- everything I do is so complex I get more buried -way
over my head...and I don't want to lose many emails (the Norton and my ISP
-ATT -techs all said I may lose emails in Inbox even if I back them up??; I
have too many family emergencies going on- and too much info to risk losing
the emails right now.

Must I go the route of hiring a technician, who might or might not know how
to fix this- if even all the Vista Community resultions don't seem to work?
I've already lost two computers that way...with shaky fixes by not so
technical techies.
 
It is troubling that you can't download the Microsoft hotfix. Did it fail
to download or did it fail during the install? Was there an error message?

Do you have Service Pack 1 for Vista installed? SP1 includes that hotfix,
so you don't need the hotfix if you have SP1.

If this problem continues, consider upgrading to Windows Live Mail:
http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview
It will automatically import all your Windows Mail accounts and emails.
What makes you think you may need to create a new ID?
 
i went through nearly all the messages in this thread and was considering
moving my mail folders... then, on a whim, i marked the message in question
as read (it was surely spam i didn't want to open), and voila! i was able to
delete it without a hitch. not sure if anyone else has tried this, but it
worked for me. go figure :-)
 
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Thanks and Best Regards


One-eyed Willie said:
I am very annoyed with this bug, but I don't know how to report it either. I
had messages I thought I sent but they get stuck also, however I can send or
delete them manally. Maybe I will take my computer back to Best Buy, its
still under warranty.
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