[X-SW] Mail quits unexpectedly repeatedly Solved for now

[John Erdman]

I don't really know what (or if) I did to gets things working. 
JunkMatcher seems to have kicked in and is very nicely shuttling those 
bad acting spams over to the junk folder. I can empty that without 
causing any crashes.   Since it's now working I haven't had any spams 
at all get thru to my in-box. And no crashes!  If this keeps up for a 
few more days I think I'll actually make a contribution to those guys!  
It's donation-ware. If you're interested in trying it out here's the 
URL:

http://junkmatcher.sourceforge.net/Home/index.html

It installs pretty automatically and you don't really have to do 
anything to get it going. If you want to create some filters your self, 
you'll have to wade thru the notation they use. And BTW it works in 
addition to the filters you already have in Mail.app

Happy again,
John

On Feb 15, 2005, at 13:49, John Erdman wrote:

> Darn!  Installing OS 10.3.8 Hasn't solved the problem.  Mail.app is 
> still "quitting unexpectedly" frequently.
>
> I see the same pattern as does Andy. The spams that cause it to crash 
> have the same GIF file (an ad for shall we say  "recreational 
> medications") appended to it although it has a different name each 
> time I get the spam. A GIF file sent to my self as an attachment of 
> course doesn't have any unusual behaviors.   The spam gets thru the 
> mail.app automatic junk filter. When I click the button to identify it 
> as junk, the app quits.  If I move the spam to the Junk folder 
> manually nothing bad happens usually althought sometimes I get a crash 
> when I empty the junk folder. The only reliable way I have found so 
> far is to highlite the spa and press the "<delete> button  then 
> emptying the trash.
>
> I've been playing around today with JunkMailMatcher.   But alas the 
> first three times I filtered my mail with it,  these spams got thru 
> that filter set too. It's quite complicated and I haven't yet figured 
> out yet how to create my own filters.  I'll see if I can find some 
> people who know what they are doing with JunkMatcher.  Will keep you 
> advised.
>
> John