mail problem

[tlush]

today my mail.app began unexpectedly quitting with in 10-20 secs of launching

I trashed the com.apple.mail.plist, LSMMap, zapped the pram, (nothing)

I downloaded and installed GyazMail set up my account downloaded some new mail. I went to send a test message and at the first character enrty of the recipient address it unexpectedly quit.

and same goes for GNUMail... set it up downloaded some mail and try test message... type in recipient... app crashes

what is this pattern? any thoughts?

OS X 10.2
mail V 1.2

 

[Sparky's]

I have found out that there are certain messages that cause Mail to "quit unexpectedly". I forward a PGA newsletter from work to home (because I keep forgetting this) and every time I even select the message...boom! crash time. You might want to see if there is a certain message at the top of your incoming mail that is selected when you launch mail. You should also try to use a different mail app to get you mail and sort through it first, deleting any junk and unwanted mail then go back to "Mail" and see if the problem persists. Next I would call your ISP and see if they can see the messages on their server and maybe delete them from there, before you attempt to download.

Hope this helps.

Sparky