Outlook 2013 wont send email

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We've been debugging an issue all day and simply can't find the answer.

One employee's computer cant send email. All others are fine.

So far we've

  • Started Outlook in safe mode
  • repair/reinstall Office 2013
  • clean boot
  • removed/readded the account
  • repaired the pst file
  • uninstalled the AV (Kaspersky)

It worked for a few min after the AV uninstall, but not for long.

We've wireshared the SMTP traffic and see that after the server replies

354 End data with .

The client doesn't send data. 3 seconds later the client sends a RSET (which is ACKd by the server). Then 60 seconds later it sends a QUIT and hangs up, then reconnects and tries again.

We don't know what else to try :(

Slashterix

Posted 2015-04-16T22:39:44.603

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1Are you connecting to an exchange server? – thilina R – 2015-04-16T22:44:58.887

Nope. Plesk server running Postfix and courier-imap. – Slashterix – 2015-04-16T22:46:32.007

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Did you try creating a new mail profile and setting up your account in the new profile? https://support.office.com/en-za/article/Create-a-new-e-mail-profile-456cda43-b439-4dd8-b28f-01939538e3ba?ui=en-US&rs=en-ZA&ad=ZA

– thilina R – 2015-04-16T22:47:21.030

Did you check the user profile to see if it was set up correctly? Also the email server setup. – cliff2310 – 2015-04-16T22:56:02.350

Does turning off the Windows Firewall make a difference? – Sun – 2015-04-16T23:02:08.873

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Enable logging to see if it reveals anything which might help you figure this out - Outlook 2013, 2010, & 2007: Enable/Disable Logging. Also, check the Event Viewer for errors. Add what you find to your question.

– CharlieRB – 2015-04-17T12:28:43.003

New profile seems to have fixed the issue! Thanks @slayernoah – Slashterix – 2015-04-17T18:02:00.890

If it comes back, we'll try the logging thing and check the event viewer @CharlieRB – Slashterix – 2015-04-17T18:02:27.913

@Slashterix Glad to know it helped. I have added the same as an answer. – thilina R – 2015-04-17T18:21:14.050

Answers

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Try to create a new Outlook profile and setup the account in the new profile.

A profile consists of accounts, data files, and settings that specify where your email messages are saved.

  1. Exit Outlook.

  2. In Control Panel, click or double-click Mail.

Mail appears in different Control Panel locations depending on the version of the Microsoft Windows operating system, Control Panel view selected, and whether a 32- or 64-bit operating system or version of Microsoft Outlook is installed.

  1. Click Show Profiles.

  2. Click Add.

  3. Type a name for the profile, and then click OK.

  4. Delete the old profile if needed.

  5. Open Outlook using the new profile.

Reference: Create an Outlook profile

thilina R

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