Error Message: General Failure in Microsoft Transport

ID: Q134356


The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows 95


SYMPTOMS

When you send a multiple-recipient message that is password protected, you may receive the following error message:

General Failure in Microsoft Transport


CAUSE

The error message is misleading. It may occur if one of the receiving fax machines is a G3 fax machine. G3 fax machines do not support security features.


RESOLUTION

Remove the password protection from the fax before you send it to a fax machine that does not support security features.


MORE INFORMATION

If you send a single-recipient message that is password protected to a G3 fax machine, you receive the following error message:

Security features are not supported by the recipient

Additional query words: winfax

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Last Reviewed: June 17, 1999
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