Cannot get Comcast mail

After years of using Mail to download my Comcast mail, I am no longer able to get my mail. I get the spinning beach ball and my hard drive makes noise and gets very warm. I created a local account and moved all of the messages there. Then I deleted the account in mail and from the mail folder. This solved the problem for one week. It is back now. I travel a lot so I use the SSL authentication. It is troubling to have to keep deleting the account.
All software updates are current. I have repaired permissions and rebooted. I can send e-mail with no problem. Is it possible that one e-mail could be causing all this? Once it is downloaded to mail it will not allow any more messages to come through? As I was moving the messages to a local folder the first time, I noticed one e-mail would not move. Once I deleted it and emptied the trash everything worked fine. I am currently keeping the messages on the server with all these problems. Should that be an issue?
Is it possible that I need to run Disk Utility? Maybe the file structure has been corrupted.
Why would a mail message cause the hard drive to spin?
Rambling I am.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions,
Debbie

What great suggestions. I happen to only have Airport and Ethernet checked. But on the bright side, as I was cleaning out my online Comcast mail I found an e-mail I could not delete. I logged off and back on, the e-mail mysteriously deleted itself and now my mail is coming through.
I wrote down the offending e-mailer and will look further into where it is coming from. I assume for now it had a corrupted attachment. My friends with their ridiculous jokes they insist on forwarding
At least now a red flag will go up when I stop getting mail.
I still wonder if this is specific to Mail?
I am thankful for all of your suggestions and quick responses.
I keep a notebook next to the computer with all of these ideas to pass on and try again if need be.
I am going to close out the post.
Keep your fingers crossed.
Debbie

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