Always have to force quit mail app

A few weeks ago, I starting having problems with my mail app on my imac. I have 2 mail accounts set up in the app, one is my mobile me and the other is through AOL. Before I updated my computer to snow leopard, this app worked fine. It seem to work fine for a few weeks after I did the update, but now once I open the mail app, in order to get new mail to show up in the inbox, I have to force quit out of the app and open it back up. I cannot just go to 'mail' and 'quit mail' the app freezes. I have tried clicking the 'get mail' button and nothing happens when clicking on it. I have also searched the support forums and have tried to delete the 'com.apple.mail.plist' file and nothing changes.
I am frustrated because I have this exact same set up on my macbook pro and things seem to work just fine. I have checked all the settings and they all match.
Any ideas? I am sick of force quitting and reopening mail when I want to see if I have new emails....
Anyway to just get rid of the mail app and reinstall this application. I dont want to have to re-install the entire snow leopard program and have to go through all the tedious work of putting all my stuff back on the computer.... (the first time I did the upgrade, for some reason my computer crashed, and I lost everything, had to call apple support and they had to talk me through the reinstall-- luckily I had everything backed up on disks)

Finder won't show you invisible Files (filenames beginning with a period). That's what makes fixing Mail such a hassle.
In Applications/Utilities you'll find a program called Terminal.app. It lets you access the command-line interface where you're free to do absolutely anything. Be careful there.
Open a Terminal window and paste this in:
find ~/Library/Mail -name .\*
A list of invisible files files will be displayed. If it's just caches and index states, as I mentioned in the earlier posting, run the command again with the delete flag:
find ~/Library/Mail -name .\* -delete
Don't run this if the first listing looks like it's showing e-mails. I also recommend checking that you have a backup first.

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If your computer was hot it wasn't asleep - it either didn't go to sleep or it work up after you put it to sleep. I've seen both things happen. First, read this article and follow the instructions.
1) For the next few days/weeks pay attention to the blinking light on the front of your computer when you close the lid. Don't put the computer into your backpack/case until it begins to blink. Wait a minute or so after it starts to blink to make sure it doesn't stop blinking - the signal it woke back up.
2) having followed the above instructions, if you take the computer out and it is hot again or if you take it out and discover it has powered down (you'll know this because when it starts up the battery will be drained and you'll see a progress bar over a ghostly display that will eventually become normal) immediately start the Console program and perform a search on 'sleep' and then 'wake'. This should bring up all the recent log files about sleep state changes (going to sleep and waking up). You should see one for when you put the computer to sleep and put it away and the next one should be just after you got it out. You'll find at least one though that shouldn't be there. That will tell you when the computer work up (when it shouldn't have) and might give a clue as to why.
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I know some folks have already posted about this, but I've yet to find a solution. My mail continues to download the same, previously deleted messages each time I open it. I also have to force quit mail to leave it. It will download new mail from my .mac account while in this condition but will not access my other sympatico mail account. In order to get new mail I have to force quit and reopen the app. I've considered the 'rebuild mailbox' option but all of these annoying messages are in my inbox and there appears to be no 'rebuild' function for the inbox. I've also tried going into my library and manually moving these files to the trash and restarting mail. They appear again. Can someone please offer me a solution to this problem. All I can think of doing now is getting rid of Leopard to go back to Tiger mail.
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Hold the phone. This, apparently, may be a Bell Sympatico server issue after all. I've tried to get in contact with their support people and the message says that they've been having problems. Also, my wife, who only uses .mac mail recieved the same email (that keeps popping up in my inbox) and has had no issues. I retrieved my mail using my newer imac as well and the same problem occured there. Hence, it is probably not an app issue, but a server issue.
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I know there are several other posts asking the same question but I've been through all of them and I can't find which is the application that is blocking my mail from closing. Here is the diagnostics test I ran.
Last login: Sun Feb 24 08:52:33 on console
panoss-macbook:~ Panos$ kextstat -kl | awk '!/com\.apple/{printf "%s %s\n", $6, $7}'
com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverInt (0.0.74)
com.logmein.driver.LogMeInSoundDriver (1.0.0)
com.serato.usb.kext (2.3.0)
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv (4.2.6)
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB (4.2.6)
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt (4.2.6)
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetAdp (4.2.6)
com.rane.driver.sl2.10.6 (1.0.1f3)
com.github.osxfuse.filesystems.osxfusefs (2.5.4)
panoss-macbook:~ Panos$ sudo launchctl list | sed 1d | awk '!/0x|com\.(apple|openssh|vix)|edu\.mit|org\.(amavis|apache|cups|isc|ntp|postfi x|x)/{print $3}'
Password:
org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx
com.rim.BBDaemon
com.rane.sl4.daemon
com.rane.sl3.daemon
com.rane.sl2.daemon
com.rane.sixtytwo.daemon
com.rane.sixtyone.daemon
com.rane.sixtyeight.daemon
com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool
com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper
com.machangout.glims.loader
com.logmein.logmeinserver
com.google.keystone.daemon
com.disc-soft.DAEMONTools.PrivilegedHelper
com.adobe.SwitchBoard
com.adobe.fpsaud
panoss-macbook:~ Panos$ launchctl list | sed 1d | awk '!/0x|com\.apple|edu\.mit|org\.(x|openbsd)/{print $3}'
com.growl.GrowlLauncher
com.logmein.CubbyHelper
com.Eltima.SyncMateServer
org.macosforge.xquartz.startx
com.rim.BBLaunchAgent
com.rim.RimAlbumArtDaemon
com.oracle.java.Java-Updater
com.machangout.glims.agent
com.logmein.logmeinguiagent
com.logmein.logmeingui
com.hp.messagecenter.launcher
com.hp.devicemonitor
com.google.keystone.system.agent
com.divx.update.agent
com.divx.dms.agent
com.facebook.videochat.Panos.updater
com.divx.agent.postinstall
com.adobe.ARM.de23d1e3aa2d00ce38d73f10fcbdc8dcaaaf6be989610710a1ddda77
com.adobe.ARM.202f4087f2bbde52e3ac2df389f53a4f123223c9cc56a8fd83a6f7ae
com.adobe.AAM.Scheduler-1.0
panoss-macbook:~ Panos$ ls -1A /e*/mach* {,/}L*/{Ad,Compon,Ex,Fram,In,Keyb,La,Mail/Bu,P*P,Priv,Qu,Scripti,Servi,Spo,Sta} * L*/Fonts 2> /dev/null
/Library/Components:
/Library/Extensions:
VBoxDrv.kext
VBoxNetAdp.kext
VBoxNetFlt.kext
VBoxUSB.kext
/Library/Frameworks:
AECore.framework
AEProfiling.framework
AERegistration.framework
Abracode.framework
AudioMixEngine.framework
Compressor.framework
ContactRender.framework
DSPPublishing.framework
DivX Toolkit.framework
FxPlug.framework
GData.framework
GlimsAdditions.framework
HPSmartPrint.framework
MacFUSE.framework
MediaServerAPI.framework
MindFortress.framework
NotesLib.framework
NyxAudioAnalysis.framework
OSXFUSE.framework
PMPluginsFramework4.framework
Pantomime.framework
PluginManager.framework
ProMetadataSupport.framework
Qmaster.framework
RIM_VSP.framework
RimBlackBerryUSB.framework
SIXTY-EIGHTApi.framework
SL2Api.framework
SL4Api.framework
SixtyOneApi.framework
SixtyTwoApi.framework
Sl3Api.framework
TSLicense.framework
XSKey.framework
iTunesLibrary.framework
/Library/Input Methods:
/Library/Internet Plug-Ins:
AdobeAAMDetect.plugin
AdobeExManDetect.plugin
AdobePDFViewer.plugin
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI.plugin
DirectorShockwave.plugin
DivXBrowserPlugin.plugin
Flash Player.plugin
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin.plugin
GlimsAdditions.webplugin
JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
LogMeIn.plugin
LogMeInSafari32.plugin
LogMeInSafari64.plugin
OVSHelper.plugin
Quartz Composer.webplugin
QuickTime Plugin.plugin
SharePointBrowserPlugin.plugin
SharePointWebKitPlugin.webplugin
Silverlight.plugin
flashplayer.xpt
nsIQTScriptablePlugin.xpt
/Library/Keyboard Layouts:
/Library/LaunchAgents:
com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
com.divx.dms.agent.plist
com.divx.update.agent.plist
com.google.keystone.agent.plist
com.hp.devicemonitor.plist
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com.logmein.logmeinguiagent.plist
com.logmein.logmeinguiagentatlogin.plist
com.machangout.glims.agent.plist
com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist
com.rim.BBAlbumArtCacher.plist
com.rim.BBLaunchAgent.plist
org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist
syncmateStarter.plist
/Library/LaunchDaemons:
com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist
com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
com.apple.aelwriter.plist
com.apple.qmaster.qmasterd.plist
com.disc-soft.DAEMONTools.PrivilegedHelper.plist
com.google.keystone.daemon.plist
com.logmein.logmeinserver.plist
com.machangout.glims.loader.plist
com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist
com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist
com.rane.sixtyeight.daemon.plist
com.rane.sixtyone.daemon.plist
com.rane.sixtytwo.daemon.plist
com.rane.sl2.daemon.plist
com.rane.sl3.daemon.plist
com.rane.sl4.daemon.plist
com.rim.BBDaemon.plist
org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx.plist
/Library/PreferencePanes:
Apple Qmaster.prefPane
Flash Player.prefPane
Flip4Mac WMV.prefPane
JavaControlPanel.prefPane
Launchpad-Control.prefPane
NTFS-3G.prefPane
OSXFUSE.prefPane
Perian.prefPane
SIXTY-EIGHT Audio Control Panel.prefPane
SL 2 Audio Control Panel.prefPane
SL 3 Audio Control Panel.prefPane
SL 4 Audio Control Panel.prefPane
Sixty-One Audio Control Panel.prefPane
Sixty-Two Audio Control Panel.prefPane
/Library/PrivilegedHelperTools:
SL2SettingsService
SL4SettingsService
SixtyEightSettingsService
SixtyOneSettingsService
SixtyTwoSettingsService
Sl3SettingsService
com.disc-soft.DAEMONTools.PrivilegedHelper
com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper
/Library/QuickLook:
QuickLookEyeTV.qlgenerator
iBooksAuthor.qlgenerator
iWork.qlgenerator
/Library/QuickTime:
AC3MovieImport.component
AppleHDVCodec.component
AppleIntermediateCodec.component
AppleMPEG2Codec.component
AppleProResCodec.component
DVCPROHDCodec.component
DVCPROHDMuxer.component
DVCPROHDVideoDigitizer.component
DVCPROHDVideoOutput.component
DVCPROHDVideoOutputClock.component
DVCPROHDVideoOutputCodec.component
DesktopVideoOut.component
DivX Decoder.component
DivX Encoder.component
FCP Uncompressed 422.component
Flip4Mac WMV Advanced.component
Flip4Mac WMV Export.component
Flip4Mac WMV Import.component
IMXCodec.component
Perian.component
/Library/ScriptingAdditions:
Adobe Unit Types.osax
Glims.osax
/Library/Spotlight:
Microsoft Office.mdimporter
iBooksAuthor.mdimporter
iWork.mdimporter
/Library/StartupItems:
VirtualBox
/etc/mach_init.d:
/etc/mach_init_per_login_session.d:
/etc/mach_init_per_user.d:
com.adobe.SwitchBoard.monitor.plist
Library/Address Book Plug-Ins:
SkypeABDialer.bundle
SkypeABSMS.bundle
Library/Fonts:
Library/Frameworks:
DotMacKit.framework
EWSMac.framework
MindFortress.framework
PMPluginsFramework.framework
PMPluginsFramework68kAligned.framework
SyncManagerCommon.framework
libical.framework
Library/Input Methods:
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Library/Internet Accounts:
V1
Library/Internet Plug-Ins:
FacebookVideoCalling.bundle
Library/Keyboard Layouts:
Library/LaunchAgents:
com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
com.adobe.ARM.202f4087f2bbde52e3ac2df389f53a4f123223c9cc56a8fd83a6f7ae.plist
com.adobe.ARM.de23d1e3aa2d00ce38d73f10fcbdc8dcaaaf6be989610710a1ddda77.plist
com.apple.AddressBook.ScheduledSync.PHXCardDAVSource.9EA69D5D-CAF4-4CF6-8827-CCE 73BEC9A63.plist
com.apple.AddressBook.ScheduledSync.PHXCardDAVSource.AD6BE37E-A343-4019-AFF6-B02 3B57BFA11.plist
com.apple.FolderActions.enabled.plist
com.apple.FolderActions.folders.plist
com.divx.agent.postinstall.plist
com.facebook.videochat.Panos.plist
org.virtualbox.vboxwebsrv.plist
Library/PreferencePanes:
Library/Services:
OMCService.service
panoss-macbook:~ Panos$ osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to get name of every login item' 2> /dev/null
iTunesHelper, Skype, Mail, Messages, Dropbox, BetterTouchTool, DockView
panoss-macbook:~ Panos$
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I have to force quit Mail almost every time I shut down my computer?
Every time my mac boots up I have recovered files.
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The update seemed to fix all of the issues I had with SL, except for the spinning wheels in Mail, and that Mail will not quit without a force-quit. It will even cancel a restart. Am I the only one left with this issue?

Problem
Here is what is happening. Btw I am using a Dutch version so my apologies if I translate menu-options wrong.
Mail is opened at startup. When I want to quit (CMD-Q) mail, nothing happens and the program gets in a sort of wait state. The system doesn't say that mail is not responding anymore. When I open the Mail-menu several options are greyed-out, including the CMD-Q as if the program is waiting for something. After waiting 15 minutes still the same and the only way to end mail is by using the force quit option.
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If I leave Mail open and want to shutdown the computer I have to force quit Mail, because otherwise I cannot shutdown anymore.
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Using the Rebuild menu-option doesn't help.
I have downloaded the complete 10.6.2 dmg-file and re-installed it. This seemed to fix the problem, at least for a little while. But unfortunately after a day the same problem came back
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I can tell you what worked for me. The Activity window in Mail(window menu) showed that Mail was trying to sync with something-"...Registering syncing preferences". I went to home/library/Application Support and moved the SyncServices folder to the trash. Restarted and everything seems to be working fine. Mail quits normally.

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Hi, i am currently having a big problem with Mail, i have to force quit from activity monitor, it will not quit from the file menu, and in the activity window in mail it is always syncing. I have deleted all my mail accounts, (various gmail IMAP accounts) and mobileme account, turned off mobileme syncing, unregistered my lap top and reset sync data. Each time i open mail, the mobile me account returns and starts syncing, in activity monitor it shows it using large amounts of memory too. When i open mail in another user account (without mobileme) it seems to work fine. I have deleted preferences, repaired permissions, check the disk, disk clean up, everything i can think of......... Please HELP
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You can't merge Apple IDs. You also can't cancel (delete) and existing ID, you can only choose to stop using it.
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This procedure is a test, not a solution. Don’t be disappointed when you find that nothing has changed after you complete it.
Step 1
The purpose of this step is to determine whether the problem is localized to your user account.
Enable guest logins* and log in as Guest. Don't use the Safari-only “Guest User” login created by “Find My Mac.”
While logged in as Guest, you won’t have access to any of your documents or settings. Applications will behave as if you were running them for the first time. Don’t be alarmed by this behavior; it’s normal. If you need any passwords or other personal data in order to complete the test, memorize, print, or write them down before you begin.
Test while logged in as Guest. Same problem?
After testing, log out of the guest account and, in your own account, disable it if you wish. Any files you created in the guest account will be deleted automatically when you log out of it.
*Note: If you’ve activated “Find My Mac” or FileVault, then you can’t enable the Guest account. The “Guest User” login created by “Find My Mac” is not the same. Create a new account in which to test, and delete it, including its home folder, after testing.
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The purpose of this step is to determine whether the problem is caused by third-party system modifications that load automatically at startup or login, by a peripheral device, by a font conflict, or by corruption of the file system or of certain system caches.
Please take this step regardless of the results of Step 1.
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I manage two email accounts through Mail: one MobileMe and another from work.
After running for an extended period of time, it will not accept the Quit command. It requires a Force Quit.
When it is having this problem, the Activity Monitor shows that Mail is taking 30-45% of the CPU.
It doesn't do it immediately, though. Mail has to be launched for some time.
If I open it, perform a few tasks (check mail, send mail, etc), and then try to quit, it will do so just fine.
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First, Do a permission repair via Disk Utility. Then check if that helps.
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Mail won't quit unless I force quit it. The activity monitor has at least one thing it says is going on.
It says syncing with server:getting unread counts
and another syncing apple mail to do: comparing notes with server.
Really annoying, any ideas on how to fix it?

Check your Activity in your Window menu in Mail. This will give you a better idea. I'm guessing it might be caching your messages.

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My OS is current and up to date. No problems there.... Intel based iMac, relatively new....
But since i did the upgrade to iTunes 10.5 i cannot sync my iPhone. It's a 3gs. Oddly - my wifes iPhone will load and sync (it is a first gen iPhone, btw).
Neither device is, or evr has been jailbroken. mY iPhone was syncing perfectly until the upgrade to 10.5.

Had the same thing happen to me when I tried syncing my iPhone this a.m. - talked to Apple 7 hours ago and evidently there's an "issue" with the iTunes server. The Apple adviser told me to try syncing in an hour. Well, rather than do that, I've continued to check Twitter, searching on "itunes sync" or "itunes server" - seems the problem's still going on.
I'm going to wait it out til tomorrow. Or whenever.
The REASON I was synching is that ever since the iOS 5 "upgrade" photos that were in albums synced from iPhoto had disappeared. Not all the photos, just all the photos in some albums. Weird.
Too many bugs in iOS 5 (syncing, Bluetooth connectivity, etc.). They should have waited til it was right before releasing it.

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