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I recently attempted to email an 800 MB video. This was a very dumb idea. The email became stuck in my outbox. Now anytime I open Mail it freezes my computer. Mail won't let me delete the email. I have tried restarting multiple times to no avail. I even removed my email address and reset it up into Mail. Still, Mail remembered the email I tried to send and continues to freeze my computer any time I open Mail. Any advice would be appreciated.
MacBook Pro
Try to do the cleanup being NOT connected to the Internet.
i've tried cleaning up without internet connection twice and still doesn't work. won't let me delete item in outbox. even after removing account, and reinstalling account, once internet is reconnected, item returns to outbox and freezes up computer again.
Quit Mail, and in the Finder open your Home account Library, locate the Mail folder, and within the Mailboxes folder. Within the Mailboxes folder find and delete the Outbox folder. Relaunch Mail, and when you next send Mail will create a new Outlbox.
To see the Library in your Home folder, remember to hold down the Go key and the Library will appear as a choice.
This was posted without double checking for any difference in Lion, and if something doesn't seem as I suggested, let me know I will boot into Lion to tidy up the advice.
Ernie
Thanks Ernie! You the man! In Lion the Library folder is hidden by default-you have to do cntrl+shift+g and type in ~/Library.
Actually you only need to place the cursor on Go, hold it down, and then in the drop down slide it on down to Library. If you have done like I have, and added the Library to the Sidebar of any Finder window, then not only is that not necessary, the Library will then not be in the pull down under Go.
All the best.
Ernie
Outbox won't empty and freezing computer
