Have you tried using something like Vacuum Mail to clean the index files? http://homepage.mac.com/lscott/Software/VacuumMail.dmg Keeps my Mail nice and fast with lots of accounts, folders and mail! cjc On 20/01/2008, at 10:26 AM, Richard H Stoddard wrote: > On Jan 19, 2008, at 6:21 PM, Steve Self wrote: > >>> Archive and install the OS. Takes just a while and almost always >>> works. >> > I may give that a try, but I just read that Apple is due (in > principle) to release 10.5.2 soon, which will presumably have bug > fixes for Mail.app among other things. SInce that could be out > within the next couple of weeks, I'm probably going to wait rather > than try major surgery. In the meantime, I'll just not close Mail > and let the system run, since as long as it's running it seems to be > okay. > _______________________________________________ > X4U mailing list > X4U at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x4u > > Seven Cent Deals - Great legacy stuff Great Legacy Pricehttp://www.drbott.com/prod/db.lasso?cat=Seven+Cent+Deal -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/x4u/attachments/20080120/b0f99eb2/attachment.html