Mail stuck in out box

I switched to roadrunner.com and created a new message going to all 500 addresses in my address book. It wouldn't send using the roadrunner, so I resent using old earthlink.com smtp which worked. But now the one created using roadrunner.com smtp is stuck. it always opens when I open mail, but I have to force quit Mail every day to close my computer. I have tried to move it to trash etc. but nothing works. I can send other messages with roadrunner. Message says cannot send using roadrunner server. help please!

Hello, no this doesn't work. I cannot save it as a draft or save in trash, nor move to any other mailbox, nor delete in any way; the only way to actually close mail is to force quit because of this message...any other suggestions? Maybe I will have to uninstall mail and reinstall, ugh.
thanks, ann

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Hello Bruce,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
The following support article is an awesome resource for troubleshooting any issues with sending and receiving email messages:
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We are working on the implementation of Work flow for Purchase orders.
Work flow customization is completed and even work flow is triggering when ever I create Purchase Order.
Even Agent assignment also completed for work flow tasks via T code PTFC_CHG.
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2. locate the ~/Library/Mail/Mailboxes/Outbox.mbox
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One thing to be mindful about is that when Mail's mailboxes get too large, erratic behaviour can result. In 10.3 this can happen if your mailbox starts to build into several hundred MBytes or more.
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