deleting messages that won't finish sending

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gj61

help! i tried to send some video pics out by email. they must have been too
long or something cause ever since it keeps saying sending messages but they
never complete and i can't figure out how to just delete them.
 
Stop your Internet connection, then in Windows Mail open the
Outbox folder and delete the messages you see there.
 
gj61 said:
help! i tried to send some video pics out by email. they must have been
too
long or something cause ever since it keeps saying sending messages but
they
never complete and i can't figure out how to just delete them.
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The quickest thing to do is to unplug the network cable or shut off the
wireless radio. This will terminate the network connection and the mail
send attempt, and you will be able to delete the offending mail.
 
In my case this is not as easy as you make it sound. I too have a huge file
that tries to resend each and every time I log into Windows mail. It just
sits there and grinds away and never completes.

I have looked in the outbox and there is nothing listed there. I luckily
have found a work-around where I just stop and hide it and then use the pull
down to select only the receive function to get my mail to download without
having to wait for the ominous failure of the send.

The biggest problem I have is that if I want to use my Windows mail to send
something out, the new mail as to wait for that one message to grind away
till failure before ny new ones will send.

I can't figure out where this message resides in mail so that I can delete
it. I have thought about reloading windows mail but at this point I don't
care for that alternative.

If anyone has any ideas at all, I would appreciate any advice you would have
for me.


Brian
 
In addition to what Bruce suggested, when viewing the contents of
the Outbox folder make sure the 'current view' setting is "Show All Messages".
Then delete everything in the Outbox.
 
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