The MAPI spooler has already begun transmitting ...

[Ronald Smyth]

I have Outlook 97. There is a message in the outbox that cannot be
deleted or opened. The program responds with an error when I do :
'Can't open this item. The MAPI spooler has already begun transmitting
this message.'
I tried to remove delivery services (internet mail in this case) and
then reinstall it but that doesnt work. I tried to add a new profile
but I cant even close Outlook. I did a search in Google and found the
following ancient posting, the only question is how do I export EVERY
folder EXCEPT outbox into a new .pst folder?
Even if i did do that I suspect it won't work because Outlook refuses
to close, period.
Here is the Google posting I found:

From: "Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook]" <vi...@maverick.com>
Subject: Re: The MAPI spooler has already begun transmitting...
Date: 1998/10/21
Message-ID: <uqZQ$NT$9GA...@uppssnewspub04.moswest.msn.net>#1/1
References: <362E4CE0...@superonline.com>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0

You might need to export all your folders (except the Outbox) to
another PST
file then use that PST file as your standard one. You can use the File
menu
> Import & Export command to do the export. To use the new PST file as your
standard one try this:
- File menu > Open > PST > Open the PST you exported to
- Right click on the root of the set of folders you just opened in the
folder tree
- Choose Properties
- Check the "Deliver POP mail..." box
- Quit & restart Outlook

timur poyraz wrote in message <362E4CE0...@superonline.com>...
> Any comment will be appreciated if anyone has got an idea about
>removing messages from the outbox folder ( IMO mode). I looked for a
>solution on the web site
>http://white.aljan.com.au/~rodgers/outlook.html but could not succeed
>as so called remedy works for CW mode only ( i guess, or am i wrong
>somehow!..). No solution either on the Microsoft Knowledge Base up 'till
>now as far as i presume. Attempting to open the message will result in
>failure as a pop-up window appears telling you that "The MAPI spooler
>has already begun transmitting the message." and trying to delete or
>remove the message to another folder will not work out either.

[Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook]]

After a fresh reboot, if you start Outlook using a profile with no
transports in it (just the Personal Folders service in it), what happens?

"Ronald Smyth " <ron...@www.com> wrote in message
news:3c7691c9...@nntp2.nac.net...

[Ronald Smyth]

It looks like the problem has been taken care of. I exported all of
the folders to backup pst folders. Went to control panel mail or
mail&fax. Entered a new profile. Imported all the 'old' pst files
into the newest pst file.