MacMail won't stop trying to send an unsendable file

My wife, a .mac subscriber, recently tried to forward a huge PDF file to several addresses. For some reason the file cannot be sent successfully, but the program keeps trying, and although she has repeatedly tried to erase the file, turned the mail program off and on, turned the computer off and on, etc., every time she opens her Sent folder the little wheel starts turning to indicate that there's no quit in Mac land. What can she do?
Dramaturg

Hi, I had this happen a while ago. Tried everything from within Mail - no dice.
Eventually I fixed it in Finder. First quit Mail or Force Quit if necessary. Then open a Finder window & go to ~/Library/Mail/Mailboxes/Outbox.mbox/Messages and delete the message. Re-open Mail and everything should be OK.
Good luck,
Adrian

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