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I have amessage in my OUTBOX which i cannot delete and this is stopping me
sending mail, although I can recieve mail.
I s this a known problem and how can i resolve this.
 
The heavy approach is to delete the database and its backup.

Try this instead. Add your mail account a second time so you have two
copies of it. Then remove the first copy that was default, so you are only
left with the new one. Then see if that fixes it.

So go to Tools | Accounts | Add | Mail and add your mail account again and
choose not to download it at this time at the end. Then go to Tools |
Accounts and make that second account the default. Then select the first
account and remove it. Then close and reopen WinMail and see what happens.

steve
 
Jeff Brehaut said:
will affect the mail that i have in winmail
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Copy or move it, then you can open the folders and drag and drop the .eml
files back into Windows Mail itself (not the new store folders).
 
I have tried to remove this problem with the www.oehelp.com/WMUtil/ tool
but this does not remove the problem.
I still have a rogue e-mail in my outbox which stops me from sending e-mails.
Surely there must be a solution to this problem.
Can anyone help to resolve this.
Can i reload outlook and use that instead of OE Wmail or will the rogue mail
be copied across as well.

Jeff
 
Did you try what I suggested and add your mail account again and remove the
original? It won't remove any mail messsages. It might fix the stuck
message in the outbox.

steve

Jeff Brehaut said:
I have tried to remove this problem with the www.oehelp.com/WMUtil/ tool
but this does not remove the problem.
I still have a rogue e-mail in my outbox which stops me from sending
e-mails.
Surely there must be a solution to this problem.
Can anyone help to resolve this.
Can i reload outlook and use that instead of OE Wmail or will the rogue
mail
be copied across as well.

Jeff
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I have tried deleting and addng a new accont and this does not achieve
anything, I still have the same problem although I now have 2 e-mails with a
problem in my outbox, what can i do to resolve this problem, there must be
someone aho has the answer, i see that a lot of people have the same problem
as this.
It this a VISTA Problem and if so who is addressing it.

Jeff
 
Move the whole Windows Mail folder where the files are stores, start Windows
Mail back up and let it build a new one, then copy the .eml files from the
old folders to Windows Mail
 
THanks but how do i do this ??? Jeff
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Jeff


DGuess said:
Move the whole Windows Mail folder where the files are stores, start Windows
Mail back up and let it build a new one, then copy the .eml files from the
old folders to Windows Mail
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Have you read all the posts in this forum?
There are multiple posts with detailed instructions.

Gary VanderMolen
 
From a previous post I made.



Windows Mail will create the new store and you can drag and drop the old
emails from Windows Explorer into Windows Mail. See the info below.



Windows Mail has a newer (to them) form of database. Each email is stored
separately.

Do the following:

1) Open Control Panel then select Folder Options.
a) click on the Views tab
b) Select "Show hidden files and folders"
c) Uncheck "Hide extensions for known file types"
d) click APPLY then OK.
e) Close Control Panel

2) From Windows Mail
a) Click on the Tools menu
b) click on Options
c) click on the Advanced tab
d) click the Maintenance button
e) click the Store Folders button.
f) make a note of the location of the message stores. It will be
something like:
C:\Users\<account name>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Mail
g) close Windows Mail

3) Open Windows Explorer

When it opens, you will see a small black triangle next to the user account
name. Click it to collapse it.

For the following, the triangle will not appear till you put the mouse over
the element in question.

Move the mouse to the "Computer" line. A triangle will appear, click on it
to expand it.

You should see something like "Local Disk (C:)"

Click on the triangle to expand it.

Locate "Users" and click on the triangle next to it to expand it.

Locate <username> and click on the triangle next to it to expand it.

Locate "AppData" and click on the triangle next to it to expand it.

Locate "Local" and click on the triangle next to it to expand it.
Locate "Microsoft" and click on the triangle next to it to expand it.

Now, in the right window pane, locate Windows Mail.
Click on it.

In the left window pane, scroll upward till you see "Local Disk (C:)"

Now, in the right window pane, hold them left mouse button down on the
Windows Mail folder.
Drag it to the "Local Disk (C:)" and release the mouse button.
Select MOVE Here.......

Now, this may take a bit to get done, depending upon how much mail is there.
Give it time.

Now, when it's done, create a new folder name Windows Mail to replace the
moved one in the
C:\Users\<account name>\AppData\Local\Microsoft folder.

Now start Windows Mail.
It will be empty but that's no biggie.

Create a couple of folders in Windows Mail and name them Old Mail, Old
Sent.
Click on the Old Mail folder to open it.


Resize Windows Mail so you can see both Windows Explorer and Windows Mail.

In the Windows Mail folder you will see a Local Folders folder, click the
triangle to expand it.

Locate the Inbox folder.
In this folder you will see a lot of .eml files. These are the old emails.
Drag and drop ONLY the .eml files to the Old Mail folder in Windows Mail.

Do similar for Sent Items to the Old Sent folder.

Now, see if Windows Mail works for you.
 
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