I tried sending an email that was 30MB and obviously its too large to send, so I want to delete it (or stop from constantly trying to send,) but it doesn't show in the Sent Folder or in the Outbox Folder, but at the bottom of window on left, you see it under "Sending Messages" How do I make it stop please?
MacBook Air
If you go to Mail, look at the menubar and click on 'Window'. In this menu, click on Activity or Activity overview. Can you find it there? Is there a red stop sign next to the activity? If yes, you can cancel it there
If you go to Mail, look at the menubar and click on 'Window'. In this menu, click on Activity or Activity overview. Can you find it there? Is there a red stop sign next to the activity? If yes, you can cancel it there
Try this: disconnect from internet (wired and wifi). Can you delete it now?
Rebuild the mailboxes https://support.apple.com/guide/mail/rebuild-mailboxes-mlhlp1227/13.0/mac/10.15
When you rebuild mailboxes for IMAP or Exchange accounts, messages and attachments stored on your computer are discarded, and then downloaded again from the mail server to your Mac. Your mailbox appears empty until the download is complete.
Hi Mulberry58, I was able to select Activity, but there was no stop sign or anything to push to stop. It just showed the progress bar. Any other ideas? Thank you.
oooooh, that looks like that is a good solution, I'll keep you posted, thank you!
Close Mail.app, reboot into Safe Mode (Safe Mode probably not strictly necessary, but disables some problematic add-ons, and rebuilds caches), disconnect from your Wi-Fi network, and then see if you can open the Mail.app (which will undoubtedly complain about the lack of networking) and try to delete the stuck outgoing message then.
Email too large to send, how to stop it from trying to send constantly?
