On Mar 20, 2004, at 9:59 PM, George Pepper wrote: > Or is it fixed under X.iii?... Going from OS X.i to OS X.ii made Mac > Mail slow... It's always "doing something" now, and telling me all > about it: Fetching headers, comparing notes with server, deleting > messages over seven days old... As if I give a rip!... Changing > mailboxes and deleting messages is stupid slow... Is it better under > OS X.iii?... I don't upgrade OS's until I have a genuine need to, > usually, but Mail is ticking me off so much, I'm thinking of going > back to Entourage!... Are you using IMAP mail account? I had a similar grief Back in 10.1 times and IMAP account...Mail in not the speed demon, but I don't think it is as bad for me as you describe it. I think 10.3 brought some improvements with HTML mail display which I don't view at all :)