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Outlook cannot send this item when replying emails, pop out window and send, sends a blank message
Hi there,
we are having this random issue which is completely intermittent.
Sometimes when a user replies to an email from an account external to our Office 365 Tennant a message will pop up when send is clicked saying "Microsoft Outlook Cannot send this item". If ok is pressed on this message and pop out is clicked, the message sends but it sends a completely blank email. If the user then attempts to reply to that email again it sends fine, so users have been copy-pasting the text into a new reply email and it sends fine.
We use Office 365 for emails and Outlook version is currently 1902
I am not completely sure how widespread the issue is as people may not be reporting it but I have heard from 6/7 people with the same issue.
anyone had this issue?
Dan
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How many of us have to complain before this is fixed? I'm having the same issue, and it is hampering our business. I have had two calls from Microsoft so far, and they have not resulted in any results. I have another call scheduled for tomorrow.
Choices: continue down the break-fix road or move to Google Work Space.
So frustrating
Dan_Cotterell I've only had this issue replying to one new consultant.
Deleting some of the earlier text i.e. prior replies and messages has fixed this for us.
Whenever it happens now I just scroll down to the bottom of the email thread and delete the text from the last 1-2 emails.
Someone else mentioned this issue at work the other day and I told them to try this and it worked for them as well. I haven't tried the rich text but I'll give that a go. Still searching for a proper solution.
Did you ever find a proper solution to this? I've been getting this occasionally in my environment too exactly as you describe.
- For me the user had two corrupted images in their signature, it got fixed and people could reply to them as soon as I removed the corrupted images from their signature.
If there's nothing that seems corrupted then remove the signature or elements of the email you're trying to reply to until you can reply again. Trial and error to see what part of the email is causing it
Dan_Cotterell You can try this workaround. When you hit reply, go to Format text > Change it to Rich text and try to send the email.
misterH420 I am also getting this error but the "Rich Text" fix isn't working for me - at least, not consistently. Let me know if any of you find another solution! Thanks!
- Apologize for the late response! If the "rich text" option is not working for you. The problem might be with the signature.
Next time when you get the above error message, just try removing the signature and hit reply, if that works that means the issue is with the signature
You would need to make sure there are no broken social media links in the signature or just use any third party tools to create a new one.
Dan_Cotterell Same here... Noticed while trying to reply to a mail thread from February. Cannot even save my reply message or forward it... I'm currently on Version 2003 (Build 12624.20520).
Yes, ALL THE TIME. It's very annoying and I can't figure it out.
Also, when you try to take an email and "Reply to Meeting", it will put it on your calendar but nobody else's.
