OL2000: (CW): "Operation Failed" Error Sending E-mail Addressed to Many Contacts

ID: Q218365

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Outlook 2000

NOTE: These procedures only apply if you have installed Outlook with the Corporate or Workgroup option. This option allows you to use Messaging Application Programming Interface (MAPI) services. To determine your installation type, on the Help Menu click About Microsoft Outlook. In About Microsoft Outlook you should see "Corporate or Workgroup" if you have the Corporate or Workgroup installation.

SYMPTOMS

If you select a large number of contacts at the same time and then click New Message to Contact on the Tools menu in an attempt to send e-mail to them, you may receive the following error message:

Operation failed.

The number of contacts you select when receiving this error message may vary depending on the e-mail address format.

RESOLUTION

Create the new message first. Then, from the Outlook Address Book select the addresses to which you want to send the message. This method should allow you to use a large number of addresses in the same e-mail message.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: OL2K

Keywords : kbdta
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug