Here's an added kink in the situation... I can download my mail, including
all of my Hotmail folders; I can read the mail and delete it, although this
process is very slow and there is a "report rendering problem" attached to
the top of each email.
But I still cannot send anything without that message popping up.

Okay, within my data file that is within my Data Files: Hotmail Linda
KHotmail-00000001.pst and Settings\ etc. Under E-mail Accounts, I list
Hotmail wich is an HTTP (send from this account by default) and a gmail
account listed below, which is a POP/SMTP file. The Hotmail\Inbox in data
file C:\Documents and Settings\...\Outlook\Linda etc.

In Profiles/General are listed two profiles. One is under my name,
properties listed then are e-mail accounts and Data files, which correspond
to the above information.

The second profile is for the Send/Receive file,which includes the
properties under e-mail accounts as my actual email address followed by
"Http(send from this account by default) Under Data files are listed my
e-mail address and a Personal Folders. For the first, the filename is
SendRR(my email)-com=00000002.pst in C:\Documents and... and for the latter's
filename, it's Outlook3.pst in C"\Documents and Settings\ etc.

I know I am just spilling everything out here that I can find, but I'd
rather be guilty of giving you too much info rather than not enough. Hope
that this is, indeed, enoug to get me going via e-mail.

Thanks!





"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Only you know exactly what you did. Tell us. Start by telling us every thing that's in your mail profile.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

"alien_53" wrote in message ...

I'm having the same problem. I did everything that was recommended, but I
still get the problem. Please help.
"sj_eddie" wrote:

i just installed office XP Pro and when I try to use outlook, i get the error
"cannot create email message because a data file to send and recieve messages
cannot be found". I tried adding a data folder via Control Panel, Mail, yet
still no go. Any help will be appreciated