[X-SW] Mail quits unexpectedly repeatedly

[John Erdman]

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

On Feb 15, 2005, at 0:21, Andrew Smith wrote:

>>> Anybody else seeing this problem?
>> Yes
>>>  Have anybody seen any discussion or info pages that suggest a cure?
>>
>> My update to 10.3.8 seems to have virtually eliminated these crashes.
>>
>>
>
> Happens to me fairly often with spam that has graphic files attached. 
> 1.3.9 did not seem to resolve the issue for me.
>
> I have sent in the crash reports.
>
> Andy