How can I stop a message in my Outlook outbox that won't send?

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I am having the same problem as Tommy Ingram and I don't see any response to his concern. Can someone advise on this?

This worked like a charm. Talk about SIMPLE. My outlook kept locking up (trying to send a 65 meg file), but all I did was unplug my network and voila. It stopped trying to send and I was able to delete the "pending" file. Many thanks!

It worked!!!!!! thanksss
I just closed outlook then I opened again and instantly I went to outbox and deleted that huge stucked message...and it worked!!!
Thanks for the help

The 72meg file hung outlook. I came to the conclusion that unpluging the network would get the file to stop sending so it could be deleted. Reading this solution gave me the confidence to unplug the cable. Even after closing outlook I need to stop the process in the task manager. When outlook was restarted the problem email could be deleted from the outbox. Plugeed the network cable in and the rest of the pending emails were sent.

Thanks. I was hung up for the better part of a day. Solved the problem in less than a minute.

i found that choosing File, Work Offline, Exiting Outlook, and then re-opening it, allowed me to open and delete my mistake message... hope this helps someone!

Worked immediately. Thanks for the lo-tech fix that MS does not even tell anyone about.

Thanks. Worked perfectly. Read the instruction. Reached down and pulled the wire directly out. Closed outlook. Let the PC figure out that it was immediately off line. Reopened outlook while the PC is still off line. Opened the outbox and deleted that little troublesome e-mail. Plugged the network wire back in. All is well. I had been jacking with this for the last 5 days.

best idea yet. stay online. pulled out internet cord/usb wireless dongle. reopened. deleted. et voila. merci leo!

thanks so muuuuccchh..it was a big problem for me.. i couldnt delete the mail in outbox..and now i deleted it..really thanks

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