# 2 Emails stuck in mailq

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/2-emails-stuck-in-mailq/371320>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Tags:** email, mail-receiver\
**Created:** [June 23, 2025, 11:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/2-emails-stuck-in-mailq/371320 "2025-06-23T11:10:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ethsim2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ethsim2/32/522255_2.png) [@Ethsim2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ethsim2)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2025, 11:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/2-emails-stuck-in-mailq/371320/2 "2025-06-23T11:39:24Z")

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Right, so i went into the Outlook of the Shared Mailbox that sent the emails, i can see they had a body but 4-10 MB of 5-8 attachments, and both a long chain of email. My admin UI attachment limit is 14MB and all file types were authorised.

I re-forwarded an email corresponding to the most recent of the 2 emails, reducing number of attachments, that worked quickly.

Now i shall clear `mailq`

* * *

`cd /var/discourse`

`.\launcher enter mail-receiver`

`mailq`

`11306 Kilobytes in 2 Requests` is still there

* * *

so i run

`postsuper -d ALL`

and get

`postsuper: Deleted: 2 messages`

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run `mailq` agin for sanity, find that it’s empty

`exit`,`cd`, then `logout`

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