Certain messages crash Mail

I've had this problem with a couple of emails. It started the last couple of days. I can't open or preview the messages, can't forward to another email or do anything, when I click on these messages mail just crashes. Both messages are sent from another Mac and appear to be just plain and simple text.
Mail is opening other messages just fine.

BACK UP YOUR EMAIL IMMEDIATELY. I'm not sure if you are using FileVault, but this recently happened to me and shortly there after, I opened my mail one morning and it was all gone.....everything! It turned out that my FileVault was corrupt. I spent the better part of 2 days at my local Apple store with the staff at the Genius bar getting back up and running. Hope this helps.
PS: I am still having a problem with Mail "unexpectedly quitting"....very frustrating still.

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