Outlook Barfing on GMAIL via IMAP

No idea what happened, but found that Outlook wouldn’t send anymore messages via GMAIL IMAP. I found this little morsel and viola… problem fixed.

http://theofficecubicle.com/2008/02/01/outlook-2003-red-x-where-embedded-image-should-be-in-email/

1. Exit out of Outlook 2003 on the machine with the issue
2. Open the registry (Start->Run->type cmd->click Ok)
3. Navigate and open the following registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\Security\OutlookSecureTempFolder
4. Within the key…it should say something like  %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\OLK3D\
5. Highlight and delete %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\OLK3D\
6. Close out of the registry and open Outlook 2003!

1. Exit out of Outlook 2003 on the machine with the issue
2. Open the registry (Start->Run->type cmd->click Ok)
3. Navigate and open the following registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\Security\OutlookSecureTempFolder
4. Within the key…it should say something like  %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\OLK3D\
5. Highlight and delete %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\OLK3D\
6. Close out of the registry and open Outlook 2003!

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