How to Fix Common MS Outlook email Errors?

by Lena Smith Technical Engineer

MS Outlook or Microsoft Outlook is a personal information manager, which is a part of MS Office suite. Mainly used as an email application, you can also perform a number of other operations on it. It includes a task manager, contact manager, journal, calendar and other exciting features. It can be used as a stand-along application as well as with MS Exchange Server and MS SharePoint Server. While using Microsoft Outlook as an email application (particularly for professional emails), you may find an error. The most common error is not able to send or receive any email in your Outlook inbox.

If you are also facing same issue, then just relax as this article has got you covered with everything to fix this error out. Just remember that after trying every solution that has been mentioned below, try sending (Check Send Email Status) a test email or ask someone to send you a mail (Check Receive Email Status):

Make sure you are connected to the internet via a wired or wireless mode
Check the Outlook email account settings. If you found any problem there, correct it immediately
Remove all suspicious emails from your mailbox. To access them you can use your ISP’s web-based email program or contact your ISP and ask them to remove the same on your behalf.
Go the antivirus (installed on your device) manufacturer’s website and check for additional suggestions. That’s because your antivirus may be stopping you to send or emails to/from a particular email address, of course due to security reasons.
Configure your firewall software properly to facilitate Outlook access the internet
Repair your Outlook or Outlook express
Ensure that your Outlook email profile works correctly
Try sending an email by running Outlook in safe mode
Run the Inbox Repair Tool to fix your .pst file
Clean up all the message that are stuck in your Outbox
Verify all the SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) email addresses in the distribution list

If the problem still persists, contact Microsoft customer support team and get the problem fixed by a certified technician. The best part is you can contact them at anytime as they work 24*7. You will surely get a solution!

Source: http://manage-office.com/fix-common-ms-outlook-email-errors/