CHECK YOUR MAIL BOX

Tis the season when our mail boxes are full. My understanding is if ones incoming mail box is full, all mail sent to you sits in the senders mail box until you delete messages to make room for more?    

Not true. The sender will get a notice that the send was not successful because your mailbox is full.

OK David, So I the sender receives notice, how does the recipient get notified?  Which is the point of the thread.  I have never received notification my box was full!

Jim, I have been managing my In Box, but after your post I checked my "Sent Box" which I had not done before. It said 100% Full. I deleted sent messages, but am now wondering what happens (or does not happen) if your Sent Box is full?

Jim issued a similar warning some time back and I got really diligent about keeping things cleaned up. But then I discovered I was wasting effort! From my experience, the oldest messages simply drop off while being replaced by the latest. Maybe if you are running IE 10 or 11 - it becomes an issue?

Are you talking about PMs or email?

Not sure about Jim but I am talking PM's.

I am talking PMs too.
So, Cheena, for the Sent Box, it will just keep showing 100% full with older messages being dropped off?

That has been my experience.

Good to know. Thanks!

Yes, on PM's old stuff gets knocked off as new stuff comes in. It keeps about 3 pages worth.