Microsoft KB Archive/223462

= OL2000: Error Message "Could not send the message." =

Article ID: 223462

Article Last Modified on 9/6/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Outlook 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q223462



ERROR MESSAGE
When you attempt to send a mail message, you receive the following error message:

Could not send the message.

NOTE: Microsoft Office 2000 has built-in functionality that enables you to get more information about difficult-to-troubleshoot alerts or error messages. If you want to enable this functionality for this and other error messages in Microsoft Office 2000, please download the Microsoft Office 2000 Customizable Alerts file from the Microsoft Office Update Web site at the following address:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=8FBEE1D3-C5BB-4A36-A2F7-DC63DE2A818C

NOTE: If you reached this article by clicking the Web Info button in an error message, you already have Customizable Alerts enabled.

CAUSES
There is a problem with your Outlook mail configuration.

There is a problem with the mail message store used by Outlook.

Outlook Mail Configurations
A problem may exist in the configuration of your Internet e-mail account in Outlook. Additionally, there may be a connectivity problem with your Internet Service Provider (ISP).

For additional information about configuration problems with your Corporate or Workgroup installation of Outlook, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

195795 OL2000: (CW) Troubleshooting Outlook Configuration Problems

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Problems with the Mail Message Store
The message store for Outlook is the personal folder. This file stores Outlook objects using a special internal folder structure. If the file is damaged, it may not enable the delivery of incoming or outgoing mail.

For additional information about troubleshooting personal folders in your Corporate or Workgroup installation of Outlook, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

195717 OL2000: (CW) How to Create a New Personal Folders File

For additional information about troubleshooting personal folders in your Internet Mail Only installation of Outlook, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

195723 OL2000: (IMO) Creating a New Personal Folder For an IMO Account

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ERROR MESSAGE


CAUSE


MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about mail sending errors related to the Simple Mail Transport Protocol (SMTP) server, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

223477 OL2000: Error Message "An unknown error was returned from the SMTP server"

223455 OL2000: Error Message "The server could not be found"

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Additional query words: OFF2000 OL20

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