There is a message I tried to send a long time ago that has been sitting in
my Outbox and not sending. Every time I open Windows Mail, a notification
pops up that says, "One or more messages in your Outbox do not have a valid
account specified. Would you like to use your default account to send these
messages?" It then has a Yes or No selection. No matter what I push, that
email will not leave my Outbox and if I try to delete it, a notification
always pops up that says, "An unknown error has occured." The body of the
email itself is like a website that won't display the page. It says,
"Message could not be displayed." The original body is gone. How do I get
rid of this email so the first notification won't pop up everytime I open
Windows Mail?

I have a similar problem. I can't send emails at all. They go into the
outbox and that's it.

"Patti Saboorian" wrote:

> There is a message I tried to send a long time ago that has been sitting in
> my Outbox and not sending. Every time I open Windows Mail, a notification
> pops up that says, "One or more messages in your Outbox do not have a valid
> account specified. Would you like to use your default account to send these
> messages?" It then has a Yes or No selection. No matter what I push, that
> email will not leave my Outbox and if I try to delete it, a notification
> always pops up that says, "An unknown error has occured." The body of the
> email itself is like a website that won't display the page. It says,
> "Message could not be displayed." The original body is gone. How do I get
> rid of this email so the first notification won't pop up everytime I open
> Windows Mail?

"Patti Saboorian" <PattiSaboorian@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:4974AA4A-1F8E-428C-8BE6-C77E5330B6F2@microsoft.com...
> There is a message I tried to send a long time ago that has been sitting
> in
> my Outbox and not sending. Every time I open Windows Mail, a notification
> pops up that says, "One or more messages in your Outbox do not have a
> valid
> account specified. Would you like to use your default account to send
> these
> messages?" It then has a Yes or No selection. No matter what I push,
> that
> email will not leave my Outbox and if I try to delete it, a notification
> always pops up that says, "An unknown error has occured." The body of the
> email itself is like a website that won't display the page. It says,
> "Message could not be displayed." The original body is gone. How do I
> get
> rid of this email so the first notification won't pop up everytime I open
> Windows Mail?

Try repairing the database with WMUtil from www.oehelp.com

There are two copies of WindowsMail.MSMessageStore, One in
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Microsoft\Windows Mail
and one in
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Microsoft\Windows Mail\Backup\New
If you delete both of these the database will be rebuilt. However, while no
messages should be lost, some may be downloaded again and you may lose some
record of which have been read. I recommend that you only do this when they
are causing you trouble, like when they are in the Outbox. Otherwise I now
just mark them as read and ignore them.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
Do not send mail.

First thing is to remove McAfee or Norton AV and antispam from the computer
if they exist. You may need to visit their website to fully uninstall the
product (for Norton see here:
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...05033108162039.
Then get something less invasive. There are a number of free
antivirus programs, but with any you have to disable email scanning. See
www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3

You can also try compacting and repairing the database using my WMUtil
program (www.oehelp.com/WMUtil/).

After that, the only solution so far is to wipe out the database. So go to
Tools | Options | Advanced | Maintenance | Store Folder to find the message
store location. Then move everything under that Windows Mail directory to
another directory, so that the Windows Mail directory is completely empty.
Then restart WinMail and it will open fresh with nothing
in the database. You can then add your accounts and if they work correctly
then you can drag the eml files from the directory to which you moved the
files into WinMail folders.

steve

"Patti Saboorian" <PattiSaboorian@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:4974AA4A-1F8E-428C-8BE6-C77E5330B6F2@microsoft.com...
> There is a message I tried to send a long time ago that has been sitting
> in
> my Outbox and not sending. Every time I open Windows Mail, a notification
> pops up that says, "One or more messages in your Outbox do not have a
> valid
> account specified. Would you like to use your default account to send
> these
> messages?" It then has a Yes or No selection. No matter what I push,
> that
> email will not leave my Outbox and if I try to delete it, a notification
> always pops up that says, "An unknown error has occured." The body of the
> email itself is like a website that won't display the page. It says,
> "Message could not be displayed." The original body is gone. How do I
> get
> rid of this email so the first notification won't pop up everytime I open
> Windows Mail?

"Patti Saboorian" wrote:

> There is a message I tried to send a long time ago that has been sitting in
> my Outbox and not sending. Every time I open Windows Mail, a notification
> pops up that says, "One or more messages in your Outbox do not have a valid
> account specified. Would you like to use your default account to send these
> messages?" It then has a Yes or No selection. No matter what I push, that
> email will not leave my Outbox and if I try to delete it, a notification
> always pops up that says, "An unknown error has occured." The body of the
> email itself is like a website that won't display the page. It says,
> "Message could not be displayed." The original body is gone. How do I get
> rid of this email so the first notification won't pop up everytime I open
> Windows Mail?

I would like to note that for over four weeks we are unable to send e-mails
- having the exact problem of a message in the outbox which will note clear.
I have had two young computer people here to try and help but with no joy.
We are over sixty and trying very hard to get 'with it' computer wise. Is
there any hope - except e-mails via hotmail? - can only cope with simple
answers.

"joetuba92" wrote:

> I have a similar problem. I can't send emails at all. They go into the
> outbox and that's it.
>
> "Patti Saboorian" wrote:
>
> > There is a message I tried to send a long time ago that has been sitting in
> > my Outbox and not sending. Every time I open Windows Mail, a notification
> > pops up that says, "One or more messages in your Outbox do not have a valid
> > account specified. Would you like to use your default account to send these
> > messages?" It then has a Yes or No selection. No matter what I push, that
> > email will not leave my Outbox and if I try to delete it, a notification
> > always pops up that says, "An unknown error has occured." The body of the
> > email itself is like a website that won't display the page. It says,
> > "Message could not be displayed." The original body is gone. How do I get
> > rid of this email so the first notification won't pop up everytime I open
> > Windows Mail?

Did you find a way to delete the message from your Outbox.....I have the same
problem and I've tried everything including instructions that were left here
for solutions.....I'm ready to tear my hair out. Surely there's a solution
to this problem.

"sunrise" wrote:

> I would like to note that for over four weeks we are unable to send e-mails
> - having the exact problem of a message in the outbox which will note clear.
> I have had two young computer people here to try and help but with no joy.
> We are over sixty and trying very hard to get 'with it' computer wise. Is
> there any hope - except e-mails via hotmail? - can only cope with simple
> answers.
>
> "joetuba92" wrote:
>
> > I have a similar problem. I can't send emails at all. They go into the
> > outbox and that's it.
> >
> > "Patti Saboorian" wrote:
> >
> > > There is a message I tried to send a long time ago that has been sitting in
> > > my Outbox and not sending. Every time I open Windows Mail, a notification
> > > pops up that says, "One or more messages in your Outbox do not have a valid
> > > account specified. Would you like to use your default account to send these
> > > messages?" It then has a Yes or No selection. No matter what I push, that
> > > email will not leave my Outbox and if I try to delete it, a notification
> > > always pops up that says, "An unknown error has occured." The body of the
> > > email itself is like a website that won't display the page. It says,
> > > "Message could not be displayed." The original body is gone. How do I get
> > > rid of this email so the first notification won't pop up everytime I open
> > > Windows Mail?

The Outbox problem is easily rectified by following the directions
for using WMUtil: http://www.oehelp.com/WMUtil

If this does not help you, try upgrading to Windows Live Mail:
http://get.live.com/betas/maildesktop_betas

Gary VanderMolen


"Carolyn" <Carolyn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:323D1EFA-8B1B-447F-B6B7-6531AF809415@microsoft.com...
> Did you find a way to delete the message from your Outbox.....I have the same
> problem and I've tried everything including instructions that were left here
> for solutions.....I'm ready to tear my hair out. Surely there's a solution
> to this problem.
>
> "sunrise" wrote:
>
>> I would like to note that for over four weeks we are unable to send e-mails
>> - having the exact problem of a message in the outbox which will note clear.
>> I have had two young computer people here to try and help but with no joy.
>> We are over sixty and trying very hard to get 'with it' computer wise. Is
>> there any hope - except e-mails via hotmail? - can only cope with simple
>> answers.
>>
>> "joetuba92" wrote:
>>
>> > I have a similar problem. I can't send emails at all. They go into the
>> > outbox and that's it.
>> >
>> > "Patti Saboorian" wrote:
>> >
>> > > There is a message I tried to send a long time ago that has been sitting in
>> > > my Outbox and not sending. Every time I open Windows Mail, a notification
>> > > pops up that says, "One or more messages in your Outbox do not have a valid
>> > > account specified. Would you like to use your default account to send these
>> > > messages?" It then has a Yes or No selection. No matter what I push, that
>> > > email will not leave my Outbox and if I try to delete it, a notification
>> > > always pops up that says, "An unknown error has occured." The body of the
>> > > email itself is like a website that won't display the page. It says,
>> > > "Message could not be displayed." The original body is gone. How do I get
>> > > rid of this email so the first notification won't pop up everytime I open
>> > > Windows Mail?

This was a struggle for me also. Finally I found this little utility program
that worked well and was easy. Here is the address.

http://www.oehelp.com/WMUtil/wmutil151.zip

---------------------


"Patti Saboorian" wrote:

> There is a message I tried to send a long time ago that has been sitting in
> my Outbox and not sending. Every time I open Windows Mail, a notification
> pops up that says, "One or more messages in your Outbox do not have a valid
> account specified. Would you like to use your default account to send these
> messages?" It then has a Yes or No selection. No matter what I push, that
> email will not leave my Outbox and if I try to delete it, a notification
> always pops up that says, "An unknown error has occured." The body of the
> email itself is like a website that won't display the page. It says,
> "Message could not be displayed." The original body is gone. How do I get
> rid of this email so the first notification won't pop up everytime I open
> Windows Mail?

Please link to the website and not the download so people can read the
directions.

www.oehelp.com/WMUtil/

steve

"Temple_name_Seth" <TemplenameSeth@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news51CEF5C-0883-45E0-9967-17CE02484494@microsoft.com...
> This was a struggle for me also. Finally I found this little utility
> program
> that worked well and was easy. Here is the address.
>

>
> ---------------------
>
>
> "Patti Saboorian" wrote:
>
>> There is a message I tried to send a long time ago that has been sitting
>> in
>> my Outbox and not sending. Every time I open Windows Mail, a
>> notification
>> pops up that says, "One or more messages in your Outbox do not have a
>> valid
>> account specified. Would you like to use your default account to send
>> these
>> messages?" It then has a Yes or No selection. No matter what I push,
>> that
>> email will not leave my Outbox and if I try to delete it, a notification
>> always pops up that says, "An unknown error has occured." The body of
>> the
>> email itself is like a website that won't display the page. It says,
>> "Message could not be displayed." The original body is gone. How do I
>> get
>> rid of this email so the first notification won't pop up everytime I open
>> Windows Mail?