Barry
Wed Oct 11 14:47:09 CDT 2006
On 11/10/06 16:20, in article
1160580000.445247.224400@h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com, "estuar"
<stuart@toomey.com> wrote:
> I tried to send an email to a friend with a 20mb attachment.. ever
> since I attached the file, my Entourage sits there frozen with the
> little colored pinwheel rotating. even overnight.
> I rebooted, same thing, I restart Entourage and when it finally loads,
> same thing, I am unable to select any other folder (like the outbox, so
> I can delete the possibly offending email)
> New Mail is received, but I cannot access it because of the freeze...
>
> Any ideas how to free it up??
> Thanks
> S
>
If this is Entourage 2004, start up entourage with the shift key held down -
this will disable the 'send and receive all' schedule that fires on startup.
Then, open the Outbox and remove the offending 20mb mail - that's far too
big for email, and will be rejected by most mail systems.
--
Barry Wainwright
Microsoft MVP (see
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com for details)
Check out the Entourage User's WebLog for hints, tips and troubleshooting
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