On 18 Apr, 2007, at 11:17 PM, Zane H. Healy wrote: > With only 12,596 messages in the one box, and 2727 in the other it > is practically paralyzed. It simply doesn't seem to be able to > handle the load. Why in the world are you leaving so many messages in your mailbox? You should set the preferences to remove messages after you read them or quit your mail program. Leaving so much data in the inbox is what is causing your problems. If you do some judicious housecleaning, your problem will disappear.