I messed up something cannot send but can receive email

I messed up something on Outlook express 6 on windows xp.

My daughter's new notebook computer had no trouble picking up email and
sending it. I run office 97 on it. I happened to notice that while in MS
Word document, I could not do File / Send that particular document as an
attachment in outlook express. I did not realize at that time that I could
not do that either on my desktop and perhaps it is because Office is old
program. I did see some link under File / Send - an option for outlook or
something like that so I started to follow those instructions and it looked
like I was setting up an outlook profile (not outllook express),. Outlook
is not on the computer although it was originally, by mistake, installed
when I installed office - subsequently I uninstalled outlook). Then I saw
that when on the internet, under options, programs, outlook express was not
listed as default program, and there were no options to chose from.
Sending and receiving in outlook express caused an error - no server f ound
but incoming mail can get through.

Tried to reset IE web settings but that did not work. In OE checking the
box to make it the default mail handler - it does not keep the setting.
What have I messed up?

Any help appreciated.


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Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
Version: 6.0.745 / Virus Database: 497 - Release Date: 8/27/2004

See if these links help:

Make OE the default e-mail client:
http://www.oehelp.com/oedef.aspx

See this if it still does not set as default:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=306098

Bruce Hagen
~IB-CA~

"Alan" wrote in message
...
I messed up something on Outlook express 6 on windows xp.

My daughter's new notebook computer had no trouble picking up email
and sending it. I run office 97 on it. I happened to notice that
while in MS Word document, I could not do File / Send that
particular document as an attachment in outlook express. I did not
realize at that time that I could not do that either on my desktop
and perhaps it is because Office is old program. I did see some
link under File / Send - an option for outlook or something like
that so I started to follow those instructions and it looked like I
was setting up an outlook profile (not outllook express),. Outlook
is not on the computer although it was originally, by mistake,
installed when I installed office - subsequently I uninstalled
outlook). Then I saw that when on the internet, under options,
programs, outlook express was not listed as default program, and
there were no options to chose from. Sending and receiving in
outlook express caused an error - no server f ound but incoming
mail can get through.

Tried to reset IE web settings but that did not work. In OE
checking the box to make it the default mail handler - it does not
keep the setting. What have I messed up?

Any help appreciated.


---
Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
Version: 6.0.745 / Virus Database: 497 - Release Date: 8/27/2004

Bruce
Will try this over the weekend - is there any danger in using the msimn.exe
command? Can it really mess up the computer in a bad way? I had my
daughter try the other methods and they did not work.

alan

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
See if these links help:

Make OE the default e-mail client:
http://www.oehelp.com/oedef.aspx

See this if it still does not set as default:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=306098

Bruce Hagen
~IB-CA~

"Alan" wrote in message
...
I messed up something on Outlook express 6 on windows xp.

My daughter's new notebook computer had no trouble picking up email and
sending it. I run office 97 on it. I happened to notice that while in
MS Word document, I could not do File / Send that particular document as
an attachment in outlook express. I did not realize at that time that I
could not do that either on my desktop and perhaps it is because Office
is old program. I did see some link under File / Send - an option for
outlook or something like that so I started to follow those instructions
and it looked like I was setting up an outlook profile (not outllook
express),. Outlook is not on the computer although it was originally, by
mistake, installed when I installed office - subsequently I uninstalled
outlook). Then I saw that when on the internet, under options, programs,
outlook express was not listed as default program, and there were no
options to chose from. Sending and receiving in outlook express caused an
error - no server f ound but incoming mail can get through.

Tried to reset IE web settings but that did not work. In OE checking
the box to make it the default mail handler - it does not keep the
setting. What have I messed up?

Any help appreciated.


---
Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
Version: 6.0.745 / Virus Database: 497 - Release Date: 8/27/2004





---
Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
Version: 6.0.747 / Virus Database: 499 - Release Date: 9/1/2004

I've seen a few posts where it failed to work, but I haven't seen any
posts where it caused a problem. I've only been following this NG for
a little over a year though.
--
Bruce Hagen
~IB-CA~


"Alan" wrote in message
...
Bruce
Will try this over the weekend - is there any danger in using the
msimn.exe command? Can it really mess up the computer in a bad
way? I had my daughter try the other methods and they did not
work.

alan

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
See if these links help:

Make OE the default e-mail client:
http://www.oehelp.com/oedef.aspx

See this if it still does not set as default:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=306098

Bruce Hagen
~IB-CA~

"Alan" wrote in message
...
I messed up something on Outlook express 6 on windows xp.

My daughter's new notebook computer had no trouble picking up
email and sending it. I run office 97 on it. I happened to
notice that while in MS Word document, I could not do File / Send
that particular document as an attachment in outlook express. I
did not realize at that time that I could not do that either on
my desktop and perhaps it is because Office is old program. I
did see some link under File / Send - an option for outlook or
something like that so I started to follow those instructions and
it looked like I was setting up an outlook profile (not outllook
express),. Outlook is not on the computer although it was
originally, by mistake, installed when I installed office -
subsequently I uninstalled outlook). Then I saw that when on the
internet, under options, programs, outlook express was not listed
as default program, and there were no options to chose from.
Sending and receiving in outlook express caused an error - no
server f ound but incoming mail can get through.

Tried to reset IE web settings but that did not work. In OE
checking the box to make it the default mail handler - it does
not keep the setting. What have I messed up?

Any help appreciated.


---
Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
Version: 6.0.745 / Virus Database: 497 - Release Date: 8/27/2004





---
Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
Version: 6.0.747 / Virus Database: 499 - Release Date: 9/1/2004

Bruce
Ok thanks.

alan

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
I've seen a few posts where it failed to work, but I haven't seen any
posts where it caused a problem. I've only been following this NG for a
little over a year though.
--
Bruce Hagen
~IB-CA~


"Alan" wrote in message
...
Bruce
Will try this over the weekend - is there any danger in using the
msimn.exe command? Can it really mess up the computer in a bad way? I
had my daughter try the other methods and they did not work.

alan

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
See if these links help:

Make OE the default e-mail client:
http://www.oehelp.com/oedef.aspx

See this if it still does not set as default:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=306098

Bruce Hagen
~IB-CA~

"Alan" wrote in message
...
I messed up something on Outlook express 6 on windows xp.

My daughter's new notebook computer had no trouble picking up email and
sending it. I run office 97 on it. I happened to notice that while
in MS Word document, I could not do File / Send that particular
document as an attachment in outlook express. I did not realize at
that time that I could not do that either on my desktop and perhaps it
is because Office is old program. I did see some link under File /
Send - an option for outlook or something like that so I started to
follow those instructions and it looked like I was setting up an
outlook profile (not outllook express),. Outlook is not on the
computer although it was originally, by mistake, installed when I
installed office - subsequently I uninstalled outlook). Then I saw
that when on the internet, under options, programs, outlook express was
not listed as default program, and there were no options to chose from.
Sending and receiving in outlook express caused an error - no server f
ound but incoming mail can get through.

Tried to reset IE web settings but that did not work. In OE checking
the box to make it the default mail handler - it does not keep the
setting. What have I messed up?

Any help appreciated.


---
Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
Version: 6.0.745 / Virus Database: 497 - Release Date: 8/27/2004





---
Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
Version: 6.0.747 / Virus Database: 499 - Release Date: 9/1/2004





---
Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
Version: 6.0.747 / Virus Database: 499 - Release Date: 9/1/2004

I did the msimn command which then allowed outlook express to be the
default mail program - without that command the settings would not "hold".
I should be ok now.

thanks

alan


"Alan" wrote in message
...
Bruce
Ok thanks.

alan

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
I've seen a few posts where it failed to work, but I haven't seen any
posts where it caused a problem. I've only been following this NG for a
little over a year though.
--
Bruce Hagen
~IB-CA~


"Alan" wrote in message
...
Bruce
Will try this over the weekend - is there any danger in using the
msimn.exe command? Can it really mess up the computer in a bad way? I
had my daughter try the other methods and they did not work.

alan

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
See if these links help:

Make OE the default e-mail client:
http://www.oehelp.com/oedef.aspx

See this if it still does not set as default:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=306098

Bruce Hagen
~IB-CA~

"Alan" wrote in message
...
I messed up something on Outlook express 6 on windows xp.

My daughter's new notebook computer had no trouble picking up email
and sending it. I run office 97 on it. I happened to notice that
while in MS Word document, I could not do File / Send that particular
document as an attachment in outlook express. I did not realize at
that time that I could not do that either on my desktop and perhaps it
is because Office is old program. I did see some link under File /
Send - an option for outlook or something like that so I started to
follow those instructions and it looked like I was setting up an
outlook profile (not outllook express),. Outlook is not on the
computer although it was originally, by mistake, installed when I
installed office - subsequently I uninstalled outlook). Then I saw
that when on the internet, under options, programs, outlook express
was not listed as default program, and there were no options to chose
from. Sending and receiving in outlook express caused an error - no
server f ound but incoming mail can get through.

Tried to reset IE web settings but that did not work. In OE checking
the box to make it the default mail handler - it does not keep the
setting. What have I messed up?

Any help appreciated.


---
Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
Version: 6.0.745 / Virus Database: 497 - Release Date: 8/27/2004





---
Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
Version: 6.0.747 / Virus Database: 499 - Release Date: 9/1/2004





---
Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
Version: 6.0.747 / Virus Database: 499 - Release Date: 9/1/2004



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Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
Version: 6.0.752 / Virus Database: 503 - Release Date: 9/3/2004