Article ID: 813604
Article Last Modified on 2/1/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Office Outlook 2007
- Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
If you use Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 or Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 while you are online, and then try to save an e-mail message in the Drafts folder, you may receive an error message that is similar to the following:
When you click Yes to close the error message, you may receive an error message that is similar to the following:
If you use Outlook while you are offline, and then try to save an e-mail message in the Drafts folder, you may receive an error message that is similar to the following:
However, the message may be saved in the "Synchronization failures" folder.
This problem may occur if the total size of your mailbox exceeds the limitation that is set on your Microsoft Exchange-based mail server.
WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, either archive or delete e-mail messages.
Archive Old Messages
To archive old e-mail messages:
- In Outlook, click Archive on the File menu.
- In the Archive dialog box, click Archive this folder and all subfolders.
- Click the folder that you want to archive, and then click a date after which you want to archive items in the Archive items older than box.
- In the Archive file box, type the file where you want to store archived files, and then click OK.
- After the process is complete, try to save a message to the Drafts folder. If this does not resolve the problem, continue to archive items until you can successfully save a message to the Drafts folder.
Delete Old Messages
To delete old e-mail messages:
- In the Outlook folder that contains the messages that you want to delete, click the message that you want to delete, and then press DELETE. To select more than one message at a time, press and hold CTRL while you click the messages that you want to delete, and then press DELETE.
- Click Yes to confirm the deletion.
- If this does not resolve the problem, continue to delete messages until you can successfully save a message to the Drafts folder.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
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