Could not access 'CDO.Message' object

"Could not access CDO.Message Object" is the topmost exception. To find out what's really causing the problem, you'll have to resort to some medieval means of interrogation: ex = ex.GetBaseException MsgBox(ex.Message & vbCrLf & ex.StackTrace) This will usually give you good clues to where the problem is coming from. In this case my error turned out to be "The transport failed to connect to the server". The SMTP server had stopped running. Links: The Scary "Could not access 'CDO.Message' Object" Error A forum post taken from .NET247 Forum post from Velocity Reviews