Title: Memory failure
Last modified: February 28, 2017

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# Memory failure

 *  Resolved [Philippp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/philippp/)
 * (@philippp)
 * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/memory-failure/)
 * Hi!
 * I use postie to post to this site
 * kuechenstud.io/lagebilder
 * After 300+ posts I got this error:
 *  postiePostie Settings (v1.8.31)
 * Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 268435456 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate
   63153632 bytes) in /plugins/postie/lib/fMailbox.php on line 756
 * any idea how to fix this?
 * Thanks!!

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 *  Thread Starter [Philippp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/philippp/)
 * (@philippp)
 * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/memory-failure/#post-8856773)
 * Found the problem: one email was too big (60+ MB). Deleted it. Then the rest 
   of the mails were downloaded from the server by postie, but did´t appear anywhere
   as posts. I resent all those emails and it worked as advertised.
 *  Plugin Author [Wayne Allen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wayneallen-1/)
 * (@wayneallen-1)
 * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/memory-failure/#post-8857644)
 * Glad you figured out the solution.
 * For others finding this thread later see [http://postieplugin.com/faq/fatal-error-memory/](http://postieplugin.com/faq/fatal-error-memory/)

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 * Last reply from: [Wayne Allen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wayneallen-1/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/memory-failure/#post-8857644)
 * Status: resolved