Cannot distribute form

Hello,
I have a 1 page form that I created and I am trying to distribute it but it fails every time. I am manually sending to myself to confirm it worked. It bombs out right at Finalizing Form Preparation and says Failed to Send to Form Receipients. Any ideas?

Thank you!!!!!!! I have been having the same problem and it has been driving me crazy not to mention the lost work time! I will go post this on the other thread as well in case they still need this too.
Barb

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