Mail app hangs receiving new mail during search

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jsamlarose

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I've had a look around, but can't seem to find much that meets this specific situation: for me (Powerbook G4 OSX10.4.7, Mail ver 2.1) if new mail comes in while I'm searching for anything (i.e. with text in the Mail search field) mail will hang. It's pretty consistent behaviour. Can't see anything in the logs that point at a possible problem. Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance...
 
Try rebuilding your mail boxes. I would first quit out of Mail. Open your home folder > Library then locate your mail folder and either duplicate it or zip it so that you have backup.

Then reopen Mail and select each mailbox one at a time and choose the Rebuild command from the bottom of the "Mailbox" menu.

TIP: if you open the activity viewer window first, you'll be able to watch the rebuilding progress.
 
Nope - rebuilt mailboxes and still the same issue. If there's anything in the search box and mail starts to check for new mail, then it hangs...
 
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