Microsoft KB Archive/238964

= OL2000: (IMO) Error Message " Out of Memory or System Resource" When Sending Page by E-mail =

Article ID: 238964

Article Last Modified on 1/25/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0
 * Microsoft Outlook 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q238964



NOTE: These procedures only apply if you have installed Outlook with the Internet Mail Only option. To determine your installation type, click About Microsoft Outlook on the Help menu. If you have the Internet Mail Only option installed, you see "Internet Mail Only".

For information about the differences between Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Outlook Express e-mail clients, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

257824 OL2000: Differences Between Outlook and Outlook Express



SYMPTOMS
When you send a Web page from Microsoft Internet Explorer by e-mail, you may get the following error message:

Out of memory or system resources. Close some windows or programs and try again.



RESOLUTION
There are two different methods to work around this issue:
 * You can have Outlook running in the background while running Internet Explorer in the foreground. Start Outlook and then switch to Internet Explorer to send the Web page. or


 * Turn off the option to Send messages immediately when connected.

For the second method, use the following steps:
 * 1) On the Tools menu, click Options.
 * 2) On the Mail Delivery tab, click to clear the Send messages immediately when connected check box.
 * 3) Click OK and OK to close.
 * 4) Quit Outlook. You can now send pages by e-mail without error. The pages will be sent the next time you connect and send mail from Outlook.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
In Internet Explorer 5, you can send the current Web page to an e-mail recipient. To do this, on the File menu, point to Send and then click Page by e-mail. An e-mail message will open with the Web page already inserted and the title set to the name of the Web page. If you get the above error message when doing this, use one of the two methods in the "Resolution" section to work around it.

Additional query words: OL2K

Keywords: kbbug kberrmsg KB238964

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