Mail.app freezing woes

trans9btrans9b
Posted:
in Genius Bar edited January 2014
Well I've gone and done it....after several years of being the only person I know who hasn't had Apple Mail.app crap out on me, I've finally managed to break it. I attempted to send a friend a 250MB file...upon attaching it the program froze. Now, when I launch the app, it hangs on "configuring mail headers" and there's no response when I try to delete the troublesome email from the outbox...I get the beachball when I try to do anything, then the program "unexpectedly" quits. This is the 10.3 version of the program. Can anyone help me make Mail useable again?

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 3
    alexander wilsonalexander wilson Posts: 86member
    Have you tried rebooting?
  • Reply 2 of 3
    trans9btrans9b Posts: 97member
    i'm insulted! thanks for the reply though, yes i rebooted to no avail. there's a 250MB file in my outbox that i can't delete!
  • Reply 3 of 3
    trans9btrans9b Posts: 97member
    i got it!! for those of you wondering, if you ever get something stuck in your outbox that freezes mail.app, just go into the library folder in the home directory, find the mail folder, and trash the "outbox.mbox" viola, mail restored!
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