Vista - Message stuck in outbox and then sends twice

Messages sometimes get stuck in the outbox and then send twice. I downloaded
the latest version of the entire Live Suite that recently came out but the
problem persists. I read in another post that the outbox sticking is a
communication problem, which I find hard to accept; however, even if this is
the case, why does the mail send twice? It is getting embarassing writing to
apologize for sending multiple identical emails.

How do I fix this?

Do you get an error message when you try to send? If so, right-click
on your error message, copy, then paste it into a reply here.
We can't do much troubleshooting without the complete error message.

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)


"David" <David@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:6A59B4F6-4E7D-4064-B6F4-0E7B2C37CF51@xxxxxx

I don't believe that I receive an error message. It doesn't really seem that
there is an error except that the message sends twice. I have noticed that
other posts have a similar problem with messages sending multiple times. Is
there a common fix to this problem?

"Gary VanderMolen" wrote:

Are you auto virus scanning out going email?
--
Ronald Sommer

"David" <David@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:AD12418E-3FAF-474B-8AC4-615DC40555B3@xxxxxx

"David" <David@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:6A59B4F6-4E7D-4064-B6F4-0E7B2C37CF51@xxxxxx
Explain? If you are reopening the post in the Outbox and using
the Send button in a composition window while working online
that could account for your symptom. Notice that the message
stays in the Outbox as well as opens in your composition window.
Hence there are two copies of it when you use the Send command,
one sitting there ready to go when a Send is initiated and the second
one, the one that initiated it.

If you want to resend it that way you have several alternatives
which will avoid sending the two copies. First after opening
the message in a composition window you could delete the
original. Better is using File, Send Later in which case
the original will be replaced by the copy. However, that
can still fail in the rare event that a timed Send/Receive occurs
just as you click the Send button. Therefore, the best alternative IMO
when you are editing a message in the Outbox, is to set Work Offline
first.

With the new UI WLMail doesn't support this scenario well.
E.g. it has removed the Send only command from the Tools menu.
So, it looks as if you would have to use F5 to do a manual
unscheduled Send/Receive or just wait for a timed Send/Receive
(if you have that feature enabled.) But F5 is what you could have
done in the first place instead of opening a message from the Outbox.
Therefore, the only reason to open a message from the Outbox
is to actually change it, whether to re-edit it or just update its timestamp.

Oh? ; )


Good luck

Robert Aldwinckle
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"Ron Sommer" wrote:
No. I don't use any anti-virus software.

"Robert Aldwinckle" wrote:
I don't think that I reopened the message and then sent. Thanks for your
help!! If you have any other suggestions, I'd love to hear them.