diff --git a/felamimail/inc/class.uicompose.inc.php b/felamimail/inc/class.uicompose.inc.php
index bf19d03551..be032389c6 100644
--- a/felamimail/inc/class.uicompose.inc.php
+++ b/felamimail/inc/class.uicompose.inc.php
@@ -186,6 +186,8 @@
 				//error_log(__METHOD__.__LINE__.' '.$formData['subject'].' '.$cachedComposeID.'<->'.$this->composeID);
 				if (!empty($cachedComposeID) && $cachedComposeID != $this->composeID) return;
 				if(!$this->bocompose->send($formData)) {
+					// reset the cached composeID, as something failed
+					egw_cache::setCache(egw_cache::INSTANCE,'email','composeIdCache'.trim($GLOBALS['egw_info']['user']['account_id']),null,$expiration=60);
 //					print "<script type=\"text/javascript\">alert('".lang("Error: Could not send Message.")." ".lang("Trying to recover from session data")."');</script>";
 					$this->compose();
 					return;