Outlook error 0x800CCC3C

This error occurs because you have sent more emails than you are allowed to send in a day.  If you go directly to Hotmail through the web interface and try to send an email, you will get a clearer error message.  instead, in Microsoft fashion, Outlook gives you a useless message, which is

Sending' reported error (0x800CCC3C): 'The server reported an error. The server responded 'Precondition Failed'.'

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Description of Sending' reported error (Ox8OOCCC3C): 'The server reported an error. The server responded 'Precondition Failed'.'

The reason that Microsoft limits you to 100 emails a day?  No one at Microsoft has ever had more than 100 friends.

 

The full error, by the way, is

Task 'Hotmail 031208 - Sending' reported error (0x800CCC3C) : 'The server reported an error.The server responded 'Precondition Failed'. '