[HOWTO] a possible Fix for slow Mail

[Satcomer]

Quit Mail then open Terminal (/Applications/Utilties/Terminal) and type:

$sqlite3 ~/Library/Mail/Envelope\ Index vacuum index;

note: Read all about this at MacWorld.

 

[PGTips]

I've done this. Over the years, my mailbox has accumulated thousands and thousands of emails thanks to being subscribed to many mailing-lists. Mail.app has gotten fairly unresponsive and took about 10 - 15 seconds to start up. After running this command, Mail.app starts up instantly!

Definitely give this a go.

 

[jasfa131]

It says "Permission Denied" for me...

 

[Satcomer]

Run it without the $ sign.

 

[Satcomer]

delete

 

[DICKSTER]

hey, you might try this--- speedmail--- shareware download at homepage.mac.com or go to versiontracker.com and download it and install. it really reved up my mail on os10.5.2 on my mac.
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