Any idea why mail.app would be using over 2 gigs of RAM???

App: Mail.app
% CPU: 66.2
Threads: 16
Real Mem: 2.33 GB
Any idea why? I mean it's just sitting there behind my other applications. I'm not doing anything with it other than waiting for incoming mail...

My mail is using more than 2G of RAM as well. Usually starts out ok, but eventually (within a day or 2), it is using 2 of 4G of RAM and brings my mac to a grinding halt where there is a 30-60 second delay (spinning beachball) every time I click something (link in safari, file on hard drive, etc.) At these times, mail will not quit normally and needs to be force quit. Other apps stop responding for short periods of time too.
No out of the ordinary use of Mail, just checking/writing email. No vpn or exchange server.
Does anyone know why this keeps happening and how to stop it? Reboot helps, but problem comes back. Thank you.

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