Mac Mail hanging

[mac2thefuture]

Hello - I sent some fairly big files back on the 11th Aug via mac mail which uses sky mail.
Ever since that sate this application just hangs now and it drains all my bandwidth (i don't appear to be getting any mail) so i have to shut it down. Is there any way of resetting it in effect.
Thanks

 

[mac2thefuture]

Had a play and found this???

 

[KnoxHarrington]

There's a hidden folder in the ~/Library/Mail/(your account name) folder called .OfflineCaches that's probably to blame here. If you send out a big attachment, and it hangs there, you should try deleting that file.

You can show hidden files by either using a Terminal command, or there's third party software that will do that for you. Here's a good guide to doing it: http://www.mactricksandtips.com/2008/04/show-hidden-files.html

 

[mac2thefuture]

^
Thanks , it worked a treat