How do I stop an email with a large attachment once sent?

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I sent an email with a 52 MB attachement (Oops!) Now it's clogging up my
outbox and other emails aren't being sent.

How do I stop or delete the email?
 
I sent an email with a 52 MB attachement (Oops!) Now it's clogging up my
outbox and other emails aren't being sent.

How do I stop or delete the email?
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Posted hundreds of times and easily find by a five second search.
In Outlook, click File and check Work Offline. Stop and restart Outlook.
Delete the message. Click File and uncheck Work Offline.
 
Brian Tillman said:
Posted hundreds of times and easily find by a five second search.
In Outlook, click File and check Work Offline. Stop and restart Outlook.
Delete the message. Click File and uncheck Work Offline.
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This is our problem as well. I followed your directions and the message
will not delete?

Please let me know what else I can try.

Thank you,
 
jkward said:
:

This is our problem as well. I followed your directions and the message
will not delete?

Please let me know what else I can try.

Thank you,
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Nymshifters get ignored. Use the same name to identify yourself.
Don't hijack someone else's thread.
 
njcj91 said:
I sent an email with a 52 MB attachement (Oops!) Now it's clogging up my
outbox and other emails aren't being sent.

How do I stop or delete the email?
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Delete an item stuck in the Outbox folder:
- Load Outlook.
- Put Outlook in offline mode (File -> Work Offline, enable).
- Optional - If Outlook touches the stuck item, you can't delete it.
If you touched the item:
o Exit Outlook.
o Load Outlook in its safe mode ("outlook.exe /safe"). This ensures:
+ No plug-ins get loaded that might touch the item.
+ Loading Outlook in offline mode means it won't touch the stuck
item.
- Delete the stuck item in the Outbox folder.
- Put Outlook in online mode (File -> Work Offline: disable).
- If you restarted Outlook in its safe mode, exit and restart Outlook
for normal operation.
 
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