WD2000: Error Message: "No Transport Provider Was Available for Delivery to This Recipient" (211477)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Word 2000

This article was previously published under Q211477

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to fax from Microsoft Word, you may receive the following error message:
No transport provider was available for delivery to this recipient

-or-

You may receive "Undeliverable" mail messages for each document you send.

CAUSE

This problem can occur for either of the following reasons:
  • Microsoft Fax or another fax service transport is not installed.
  • You have not added the fax service to your user profile.

RESOLUTION

To work around this problem, install Microsoft Fax or a different fax service transport to your computer and configure your user profile to include the fax service. For additional information about faxing, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

152196 How to Install and Use Microsoft Fax

141347 Err Msg: No Transport Provider Was Available for Delivery

187549 Microsoft Fax Does Not Appear in Add/Remove Programs

235713 How to Reinstall Microsoft Fax and Windows Messaging


Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:11/17/2004
Keywords:kberrmsg kbinterop kbprb kbusage KB211477