Apple Mailbox is Full

My Apple Mail keeps saying that my mailbox is 90%, 95%, 100% full. I have emptied the Trash and deleted everything I can but now it's blocking incoming messages. What can I do?

MacBook Pro 15", macOS 10.12

Posted on Mar 14, 2019 9:42 AM

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Mar 14, 2019 10:40 AM in response to oncfari

If you have a lot of emails in your inbox, try going to Mail/Mailbox/New Mailbox and create an On My Mac mailbox. Copy the emails there, quit/reopen Mail and test.


Try rebuilding the mailbox by selecting it and then going to Mail/Mailbox/Rebuild.




If that doesn't work, try re-indexing the mailboxes. This can take awhile if you have a lot of mail.




Reindex messages         For El Capitan, try looking in V3.  Sierra use V4. High Sierra use V5.




Reindex messages (2)        See post by Linc Davis



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