It means that Excel has been unable to open your mail client or 'post' the
message, it could be a busy network, offline, virus scanner, almost anything
to do with the mail client

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> When I try to send an open document from excel as an attachement to
> someone,
> sometimes it work. Then there are time when I get general mail failure.
> What
> does this mean, and how can I fix it?