Absurd length - say what?

Has anyone seen this kind of error?
Jan 27 14:22:32 EJ-G4 mdimportserver[198]: -[FileProcessor importMetadataFromFileAtPath:] Got exception * -[NSConcreteData initWithBytes:length:copy:freeWhenDone:bytesAreVM:]: absurd length: -1, maximum size: -2147483648 bytes for path '/Users/edwardc/Library/Mail/POP:<myemailact>/INBOX.mbox/Messages/13571.emlx'
Sometimes I can't quit mail and I see this in the console.

I've never seen that error. I think removing the file was the right thing to do, particularly after examining the contents. mdimportserver is one of the processes involved in the Spotlight feature. So this log describes an error with indexing a mail message for Spotlight searching.

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