KnowledgeBase Archive

An Archive of Early Microsoft KnowledgeBase Articles

View on GitHub

Q131878: Microsoft Exchange Client Keeps Unsent Mail in Outbox

Article: Q131878
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): 
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kberrmsg win95
Last Modified: 17-DEC-2000

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows 95 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

SYMPTOMS
========

If you quit Microsoft Exchange with unsent mail in the Outbox, you receive the
following message:

  There is still unsent mail in the Outbox. You may want to send it the
  next time you use Microsoft Exchange.

This behavior is not the same as in previous versions of Microsoft Mail products.
Previous versions offer you the option of sending unsent mail in the Outbox
before the program closes.

CAUSE
=====

Microsoft Exchange does not offer an option to send unsent mail when you quit
the program because of the complexity of simultaneous, multiple service
providers. This avoids the possible launch of asynchronous dial-up sessions with
service providers during exit.

RESOLUTION
==========

You can force mail in the Outbox to be sent before you quit Microsoft Exchange
by clicking Deliver Mail Now on the Tools menu.

MORE INFORMATION
================

If you click Save on the File menu, or if you reopen the message and then close
it, the message becomes inactive. You need to open the message and send it
again.

======================================================================
Keywords          : kberrmsg win95 
Technology        : kbWin95search kbZNotKeyword3

=============================================================================

THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY.