Title: Messages not posting
Last modified: August 24, 2016

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# Messages not posting

 *  Resolved [jesse_garnier](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jesse_garnier/)
 * (@jesse_garnier)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/messages-not-posting/)
 * Thanks for the awesome plugin, have used it for nearly a year to retrieve posts
   from an IMAP mailbox. Today I noticed messages were present but were not being
   posted. Running Postie manually, I get the following output:
 * Checking for mail manually
    Starting mail fetch Postie is in /home/sfbayca/public_html/
   home/wp-content/plugins/postie/ Cron: On Alternate Cron: Off iconv: installed
   imap: installed mbstring: installed There are 42 messages to process Error: Could
   not update post in the database
 * The “Error:” line repeats for each of the 42 messages. I searched and couldn’t
   find a similar problem, forgive me if this issue has been addressed previously.
 * Thank you for your help and let me know if I can provide any additional information.
   Many thanks!
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/postie/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/postie/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Wayne Allen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wayneallen-1/)
 * (@wayneallen-1)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/messages-not-posting/#post-6042080)
 * This is a WordPress error. It means that WordPress received an error when trying
   to update a post.
 * Can you manually update a post? I.e. through the editor.
 *  Thread Starter [jesse_garnier](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jesse_garnier/)
 * (@jesse_garnier)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/messages-not-posting/#post-6042119)
 * Hi Wayne, thank you, yes, I can manually create and edit posts without a problem.
   I have also checked disk space on the server to make sure there is room to write
   the update.
 *  Thread Starter [jesse_garnier](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jesse_garnier/)
 * (@jesse_garnier)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/messages-not-posting/#post-6042271)
 * Also, I am getting tmptitle posts created with tmpPost content in my trash. I
   believe those are Postie placeholders correct?
 *  Plugin Author [Wayne Allen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wayneallen-1/)
 * (@wayneallen-1)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/messages-not-posting/#post-6042339)
 * Postie does create the tmptitle posts, but doesn’t put them in the trash.
 * Have you tried turning off all your other plugins just to see if Postie works
   with nothing else enabled?
 *  [ravan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ravan/)
 * (@ravan)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/messages-not-posting/#post-6042344)
 * Getting the exact same error. Everything was working fine until I manually deleted
   a post from postie, then I started getting the error.
 * Checking for mail manually
    Starting mail fetch Postie is in /nas/wp/www/cluster-
   3176/domainname/wp-content/plugins/postie/ Cron: On Alternate Cron: Off iconv:
   installed imap: installed mbstring: installed There are 1 messages to process
   Error: Could not update post in the database Mail fetch complete, 1 emails
 *  Plugin Author [Wayne Allen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wayneallen-1/)
 * (@wayneallen-1)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/messages-not-posting/#post-6042361)
 * >Everything was working fine until I manually deleted a post from postie, then
   I started getting the error
 * Postie doesn’t have posts. WordPress has posts. Postie is just another way to
   get posts into WordPress.
 * When you say “manually” what does that mean? Did you go into the database to 
   delete it or use the “Move to Trash” link?
 *  [ravan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ravan/)
 * (@ravan)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/messages-not-posting/#post-6042362)
 * Sorry, move to trash.
 *  Plugin Author [Wayne Allen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wayneallen-1/)
 * (@wayneallen-1)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/messages-not-posting/#post-6042363)
 * Have you tried turning off all your other plugins just to see if Postie works
   with nothing else enabled?

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