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To delete messages from the VPOP3 ' | To delete messages from the VPOP3 ' | ||
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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 for version 4 or earlier===== | ||
+ | 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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+ | =====Alternative method for version 5 or later===== | ||
+ | If there are too many messages in the outqueue and you cannot delete them using the above method, you can delete messages by accessing the database directly. | ||
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+ | - Go to Settings -> Database -> Query | ||
+ | - Choose ' | ||
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+ | If you know the IP address of the original sender of the messages, type: | ||
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+ | DELETE FROM outmessages WHERE senderip='< | ||
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+ | and press **Do Query** | ||
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+ | If you know the authenticated sender of the messages, type: | ||
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+ | DELETE FROM outmessages WHERE authsender='< | ||
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+ | and press **Do Query** | ||
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+ | Otherwise you will need to empty the outqueue totally, so type: | ||
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+ | DELETE FROM outmessages; | ||
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+ | and press **Do Query** | ||
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+ | If you cannot start VPOP3, or get into the VPOP3 settings, then you can [[delete outqueue messages directly from the database]]. | ||
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