Mac OS X 10.5.8 Mail Keeps Quitting

[apress]

Hi,

I hope someone can tell me what to do to stop my unexpected quit problem from Mail 3.6

Here is the error log

Process: Mail [292]
Path: /Applications/Mail.app/Contents/MacOS/Mail
Identifier: com.apple.mail
Version: 3.6 (936)
Build Info: Mail-9360000~1
Code Type: X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [85]

Interval Since Last Report: 2159 sec
Crashes Since Last Report: 2
Per-App Interval Since Last Report: 791 sec
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report: 2

Date/Time: 2009-08-20 11:22:53.222 -0700
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.5.8 (9L31a)
Report Version: 6
Anonymous UUID: F4EB87DD-A81D-4F55-8FAC-394936B5B396

Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGBUS)
Exception Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE at 0x0000000000000010
Crashed Thread: 9

Thread 0:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x904aa286 mach_msg_trap + 10
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x904b1a7c mach_msg + 72
2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x915a0e7e CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 1790
3 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x915a1aa8 CFRunLoopRunInMode + 88
4 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x917bc2ac RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 283
5 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x917bc0c5 ReceiveNextEventCommon + 374
6 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x917bbf39 BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInMode + 106
7 com.apple.AppKit 0x91f846d5 _DPSNextEvent + 657
8 com.apple.AppKit 0x91f83f88 -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 128
9 com.apple.AppKit 0x91f7cf9f -[NSApplication run] + 795
10 com.apple.AppKit 0x91f4a1d8 NSApplicationMain + 574
11 com.apple.mail 0x000fc0b2 0x1000 + 1028274

Thread 1:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x904aa286 mach_msg_trap + 10
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x904b1a7c mach_msg + 72
2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x915a0e7e CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 1790
3 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x915a1aa8 CFRunLoopRunInMode + 88
4 com.apple.Foundation 0x970e23d5 -[NSRunLoop(NSRunLoop) runMode:beforeDate:] + 213
5 com.apple.Foundation 0x970ee4f4 -[NSRunLoop(NSRunLoop) run] + 84
6 com.apple.MessageFramework 0x003d8dc5 -[RSSInterchange _runManager] + 2140
7 com.apple.Foundation 0x970addfd -[NSThread main] + 45
8 com.apple.Foundation 0x970ad9a4 __NSThread__main__ + 308
9 libSystem.B.dylib 0x904db155 _pthread_start + 321
10 libSystem.B.dylib 0x904db012 thread_start + 34

Thread 2:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90513292 __workq_ops + 10
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x905132c2 start_wqthread + 30

Thread 3:
0 ??? 0000000000 0 + 0

Thread 4:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x904b146e __semwait_signal + 10
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x904dbdcd pthread_cond_wait$UNIX2003 + 73
2 com.apple.QuartzCore 0x91b89a09 fe_fragment_thread + 54
3 libSystem.B.dylib 0x904db155 _pthread_start + 321
4 libSystem.B.dylib 0x904db012 thread_start + 34

Thread 5:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x904aa286 mach_msg_trap + 10
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x904b1a7c mach_msg + 72
2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x915a0e7e CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 1790
3 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x915a1aa8 CFRunLoopRunInMode + 88
4 com.apple.Foundation 0x970e23d5 -[NSRunLoop(NSRunLoop) runMode:beforeDate:] + 213
5 com.apple.Foundation 0x970ee4f4 -[NSRunLoop(NSRunLoop) run] + 84
6 com.apple.MessageFramework 0x002fc9fd +[_NSSocket _runIOThread] + 98
7 com.apple.Foundation 0x970addfd -[NSThread main] + 45
8 com.apple.Foundation 0x970ad9a4 __NSThread__main__ + 308
9 libSystem.B.dylib 0x904db155 _pthread_start + 321
10 libSystem.B.dylib 0x904db012 thread_start + 34

 

[MKSinSA]

Hi,

I hope someone can tell me what to do to stop my unexpected quit problem from Mail 3.6

Tip via Apple Support Discussions: Try rebuilding the mailbox(s). You do this in Mail by highlighting the mailbox(s) you wish to rebuild and then select mailbox>rebuild.

HTH

 

[apress]

Thanks I tried that still same issue of quitting.

 

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[Winni]

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