[Macpartners] Apple Mail Problems

[Chris Gresham]

Although I haven't had these problems, I recently saw this post on TUAW:
http://www.tuaw.com/2006/04/12/mail-slowing-you-down-rebuild-its- 
database/
Be sure to read the entire article as there are some caveats to using  
the procedure.

Unfortunately, I haven't tried the suggestion but it has apparently  
helped others. My Envelope Index is at 4.5 Mb and Mail works as fast  
as it ever has. I'm currently using Mail version 2.0.8 (749.3) on  
10.4.6.

If you decide to use the suggestion, you might want to backup your  
Mail folder first. A fairly useful backup script is written up at  
Hawk Wings, http://www.hawkwings.net/2005/11/04/applescript-for- 
incremental-backups-of-your-mail-folder/. I've used it before and it  
didn't give me any problems.

Both of these suggestions aren't supported by MIT so use them at your  
own risk.

Chris Gresham
MIT Computing Help Desk
cgresham at mit.edu


On Apr 13, 2006, at 11:36 AM, William Litant wrote:

> I, too, have found Mail (2.0.7 on a G5 with OS 10.4) is running
> slower all the time and have experienced the same problems that you
> have. Others in my department are complaining about the same thing -
> a bit embarrassing as I've been encouraging people in my department
> to abandon Eudora for Mail.
>
> Bill Litant
>
>
> On Apr 13, 2006, at 11:24, beade wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Has anyone had problems with Apple Mail becoming incredibly slow (it
>> always seems to be busy caching, sorting, getting message headers...
>> anything but showing mail!)? Also, periodically all the mail
>> disappears
>> from my Inbox, and I have to synchronize to get it back, but this can
>> take 15-30 mins. or more. Then I sometimes get all the mail, and
>> sometimes I'm missing the last week or two. It was working fine until
>> yesterday, slow-ish, but nothing like this.
>>
>> I installed CFNetwork Installer a while back, and am wondering if I
>> need to reinstall it?
>>
>> I'm using Apple Mail 1.3.11 on an OS 10.3.9 machine.
>>
>> Thanks for any help you can provide!
>>
>> Erica
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>> Erica N. Beade
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