How do I clear my outbox? Emails stuck in "sending" mode

I tried sending an email with two short videos and a small image attachment, it said that MailDrop couldn't send it and to try again later. I then tried sending the email with only one video, it said the same thing. Then I tried compressing the videos and sending them, it said the same thing. I tried sending the message without any attachments, then I tried a few other variants... Now the status bar at the bottom says it is "Sending 8 of 8 Messages" and they're all stuck in the Outbox. Mail won't even let me close the app now because it is still trying to send them all. What do I do??

MacBook Pro with Touch Bar

Posted on Sep 30, 2020 2:27 PM

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Oct 1, 2020 7:59 AM in response to Appleilliterate2020

See these articles https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/mail/mlhlp1106/mac

https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/mail/cpmlprefsmtpserver/mac

https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/mail/mlhlp1072/13.0/mac/10.15

In mail preferences https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/mail/cpmlprefgen/mac

Automatically try sending later if outgoing server is unavailable .

When the SMTP server is unavailable, Mail stores your messages in the Outbox and tries sending them again later.

To have Mail show other servers that are available to send messages, deselect the tickbox.

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