Q: Mail is getting stuck in my outbox?
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Jun 9, 2014 9:10 PMby dianeoforegon,The receiving server might be rejecting the size of the attachment. Get a DropBox account and put your attachments online. Send the download link. The receiver does not need to have a DropBox account.
Another option with DropBox is to use a Shared folder. If you share files a lot with your friend, setup a Shared folder and everything in the folder will be shared. Obviously they also need to setup a free DropBox account (works on Windows). Just keep the folder size under the 2GB free limit.
For the future... OS X Yosemite Mail coming this fall, will offer a way to share files like DropBox.
Mail Drop allows you to attach large files via iCloud.
Attachments can be up to 5GB in size. -new feature in OS X 10.10 Yosemite Mail
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Jun 9, 2014 9:53 PMby Linc Davis,HelpfulPlease follow these directions to delete the Mail "sandbox" folders. In OS X 10.9 there are two sandboxes, while in 10.8 there is only one. If you're running a version older than 10.8, this comment isn't applicable.
Back up all data.
Triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it:
~/Library/Containers/com.apple.mail
Right-click or control-click the highlighted line and select
Services ▹ Reveal
from the contextual menu.* A Finder window should open with a folder named "com.apple.mail" selected. If it does, move the selected folder—not just its contents—to the Desktop. Leave the Finder window open for now.
Log out and log back in. Launch Mail and test. If the problem is resolved, you may have to recreate some of your Mail settings. You can then delete the folder you moved and close the Finder window.
This action will delete any custom Mail stationery that you have created. If you want to preserve it, ask for instructions.
If you still have the problem, quit Mail again and put the folder back where it was, overwriting the one that may have been created in its place. Repeat with this line:
~/Library/Containers/com.apple.MailServiceAgent
Caution: If you change any of the contents of the sandbox, but leave the folder itself in place, Mail may crash or not launch at all. Deleting the whole sandbox will cause it to be rebuilt automatically.
*If you don't see the contextual menu item, copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. In the Finder, select
Go ▹ Go to Folder...
from the menu bar and paste into the box that opens by pressing command-V. You won't see what you pasted because a line break is included. Press return.
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Nov 6, 2014 4:34 AMby Bond James Bond,Linc's reply looks good.
Didn't work for me however because...
Turns out it was down to our email hosting provider having recently implemented a server side change because of the new regulations surrounding SSL3.
We had to simply uncheck 'use SSL' on our outgoing IMAP SMTP settings and things were back to normal.
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Dec 29, 2014 1:43 PMby avraamjack,.
Same issue here as well, on ancient Mac mini with latest version of OSX ( the mountainy one or the horsey one, not sure )......
I just moved the messages from the Outbox to a different folder, opened the messsages and resent them.
Maybe there is a handshake issue in the Outbox code, a queue implementation deficiency?
As soon as one gets stuck in the Outbox, they just back up,
Just empty the Outbox and resend them from another folder.
No point in fiddling about, not interesting and probably soon to be fixed.
Avraam Jack Dectis
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Dec 31, 2014 1:17 PMby traceysea,Just had this problem, and fix worked for me THANK YOU, but now i have 4396 "mails" in my inbox...i surmise this is a count of "all" mails saved in various folders (as opposed to truly "new" mails). Too, incoming mail pre directed to VIP mailboxes now no longer shows in the common inbox (as it did prior to the fix). This means I have to actively search these VIP folders for new mails. Any resolutions to these snafus? I am slightly above amateur with regards to these matters. Thank you in advance for any assistance or direction you are able to provide!!
