First the facts:
. Mail folder (in Library) is almost 6GB (cringe), most of which (3.1GB) is used by one of my 5 pop mail accounts
. envelope index is 33 MB
Crashing:
. Occasionally mail crashes and gives me the 'Mail has quit unexpectadly...do you want to report it, reopen it or close it'
Corruption:
. Certain messages have become confused, specifically an email that I sent to one person may have the message body of a message i sent to another person
.I also get the following message for a lot of old emails: 'The message from email@email.com concerning RE: very important subject has not been downloaded from the server. You need to take this account online in order to download it.'
. some recipients receive my emails twice
I'm pretty sure the size of my mail folder has a lot to do with this so I'd appreciate any advice on how to fix this situation but also on a way to manage my mail going forward.
Very much obliged.
Intel Mac
2.2GHz
2 GB Ram
. Mail folder (in Library) is almost 6GB (cringe), most of which (3.1GB) is used by one of my 5 pop mail accounts
. envelope index is 33 MB
Crashing:
. Occasionally mail crashes and gives me the 'Mail has quit unexpectadly...do you want to report it, reopen it or close it'
Corruption:
. Certain messages have become confused, specifically an email that I sent to one person may have the message body of a message i sent to another person
.I also get the following message for a lot of old emails: 'The message from email@email.com concerning RE: very important subject has not been downloaded from the server. You need to take this account online in order to download it.'
. some recipients receive my emails twice
I'm pretty sure the size of my mail folder has a lot to do with this so I'd appreciate any advice on how to fix this situation but also on a way to manage my mail going forward.
Very much obliged.
Intel Mac
2.2GHz
2 GB Ram