WD2000: Error Message: "No Transport Provider Was Available for Delivery to This Recipient"

ID: Q211477


The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Word 2000


SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to fax from Microsoft Word, you may receive the following error message:

No transport provider was available for delivery to this recipient
-or-
You may receive "Undeliverable" mail messages for each document you send.


CAUSE

This problem can occur for either of the following reasons:

  • Microsoft Fax or another fax service transport is not installed.


  • You have not added the fax service to your user profile.



RESOLUTION

To work around this problem, install Microsoft Fax or a different fax service transport to your computer and configure your user profile to include the fax service. For additional information about faxing, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q152196 How to Install and Use Microsoft Fax
Q141347 Err Msg: No Transport Provider Was Available for Delivery
Q187549 Microsoft Fax Does Not Appear in Add/Remove Programs
Q235713 How to Reinstall Microsoft Fax and Windows Messaging

Additional query words:

Keywords : kberrmsg kbinterop kbusage kbdta wd2000
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb


Last Reviewed: January 26, 2000
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