Subj : Deleting in-transit mail?
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From : mro@BBSESINF.remove-p7c-this
Date : Sat Apr 20 2024 15:44:44

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From: "MRO" <mro@BBSESINF.remove-p7c-this>
Subject: Deleting in-transit mail?
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  To: poindexter FORTRAN
  Re: Deleting in-transit mail?
  By: poindexter FORTRAN to All on Sat Apr 20 2024 12:23 pm

 > I have 2 emails in limbo on my system, and every time the mail server boots
 > up, I see the following two errors:
 >
 >  4/20  12:19:21p  0000 SEND Message #24653 from 'Mail Delivery Subsystem'
 > <Mail.Delivery.Subsystem@realitycheckbbs.org> to <root@sd3.shoemastrh.com> -
 > in transit
 >   4/20  12:19:21p  0000 SEND Message #24666 from 'Mail Delivery Subsystem'
 > <Mail.Delivery.Subsystem@realitycheckb
 >
 > (last message copy truncated, but it's the same as the first...)
 >
 > Is there a way to delete these messages?
 >

the way i would do it is shut down synchronet and delete your mail data files.
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