[X-Newbies] Corrupt mail application?

[Philip J Robar]

On Nov 12, 2005, at 8:35 AM, Carole Wessel wrote:

> I am running Mail 1.3.11 on my G5 10.3.9
>
> Dear team, I hope you can help me
>
> In the last few days the mail application seems to be corrupted:
> - Either it looks for ever for mail (grey circle turns and turns)  
> eventually stops and then I can't read half of them.
> - Or, the one I have just read disappear from my in-box, and then  
> the grey circle turns and turns...
> - If the computer goes to sleep, same thing, and the mails that  
> I've read come back with the blue mark for unread, or the deleted  
> ones reappear.
> - Then, sometimes I have the beach ball for ever and I have to  
> force quit
> To go faster I have to go to my 2 accounts directly through the web  
> (Verizon & AOL).

Try looking in the archives of the X4U list at the same site as this  
list. I'm pretty sure something like this was discussed there recently.

Have you tried rebuilding your mail boxes? It's the last selection on  
the Message menu.


Phil