fewer steps) than either of these that will correct my problem. I downloaded both apps to correct this problem, but to no avail. My Outlook 2003 started with the 'sending 1 of 2' about three weeks ago, and has now increased to 'sending 1 of 11'. Unfortunately, I'm getting this message with both Outlook Spy AND MDBVU32. I'm getting the exact same error message: IMsgStore::AbortSubmit() returned MAPI_E_UNABLE_TO_ABORT.