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Note that you cannot delete items from the VPOP3 OutQueue whilst VPOP3 is in the process of sending them, so you should stop VPOP3 from sending first. | Note that you cannot delete items from the VPOP3 OutQueue whilst VPOP3 is in the process of sending them, so you should stop VPOP3 from sending first. | ||
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+ | =====Alternative method===== | ||
+ | If there are too many messages in the outqueue and you cannot delete them using the above method, you can delete //all the messages// them the ' | ||
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+ | If you want to save some messages, you could move the Q*.DAT files into another folder on the disk, then move them back in smaller chunks, deleting the unwanted messages as you go. | ||
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+ | If the messages are in the outqueue due to a problem of some sort, it can be worth keeping some of the Q*.DAT files for diagnostic/ | ||
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