"exploding" Mail app

I have a very odd problem. We recently changed our IMAP server at work and now my Mail app doesn't work properly with it. I can read and send mail, but if I leave Mail open, and watch it on the Activity Monitor, it rapidly (~10 minutes or so) increases in size from the normal 20 mb in size to >1 gb(!!!) in real memory and to >99% of cpu activity (!!!). At this point, it has to be force -quit in order to restore any response. Stranger still, if I keep using the program, quitting normally after a few minutes each time to prevent it from locking up, eventually it just immediately goes to the huge memory state and I have to delete my com.apple.mail.plist file and start over. I am using OS X 10.4.4, but I saw this happen on 10.4.3, and it happens both on my G5 dual 2.3 with 3 GB memory and my Powerbook G4 1.7 with 1.5 GB memory. I know this is a IMAP problem as if I just use my .mac account alone, Mail works just fine.
Also, I have unchecked any boxes in preferences that state that files are to be stored on the server, and the IMAP account isn't that big (<200 messages).

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Very much obliged,
Mick

> Don't see that one on my screen
so I assumed you'd uploaded it.
Well, it’s definitely there. Don’t know why you don’t
see it, but it’s available for everybody, just like
the other avatars.
Well, I'll be. You're right. Don't know why I missed it. Sorry for the goose chase.
> And an "individual mailbox" is
the same as a folder that one might
create "On My Mac?"
Custom mailboxes appear as generic blue folders in
the mailbox list, yes.
These are the ones that she has 20GB stored in.
There is another kind of
folder (white) that’s meant to be used only as a
parent folder for other folders:
Blue and white Mail folders
explained
Yeah, I get the difference. There's a big "Import" folder that is grey/white when we import her data from the exploded program.
> There was definitely file system
corruption AND there was something
rather drastic that happened to Mail.app.
Well, if there was some filesystem corruption, it
should be no surprise that an application managing 20
GB of data would be particularly affected and that
recovering that would be particularly painful...
Yup.
> Are those listed anywhere? For
those of us who don't prowl the forums all day,
sometimes these are hard to find without a friendly
link now and then. <g>
Have you tried searching? The forums search function
is there precisely for those of you who don’t prowl
the forums all day...
Generally speaking, I can often find stuff I'm looking for here. When I post that I have not, I have not. When I post in general, it means I have not found what I'm looking for and have to ask. Time is often a factor. If I had an hour to look each time, I'm sure I'd find it. I often have 15-20 minutes and when I don't... well, you get the drift.
http://discussions.apple.com/search.jspa?q=crash&objID
=f753&dateRange=last90days
> So what would happen if an
individual mailbox had 3GB of data in it?
Overstuffed mailbox is unexpectedly empty
> perhaps you've read something I
haven't, but it sure looks like it does to
me.
Yeah, I read that ages ago and still lost data with mailboxes that would not recover or rebuild. Thanks for the note, but there's still something that's not being said in that note. I wish I understood how messages could be so completely lost when they used to be there. I wonder if it's the Mbox format or what. In Eudora Pro, this would never happen, ever. Probably because everything was text based.
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If you’ve read somewhere that .Mac can synchronize
mail stored locally, then it’s you who has
read something I haven’t and that Apple doesn’t say
anywhere...
> What does "Mail accounts" sync
if not that?
Account settings.
Well, then you know more than me. I haven't had time to read up on that and it seemed like it was aimed at syncing the entire account, not just settings.
> IMAP is not the only way to do
so.
Sure it is.
I'm not attempting a debate here, just mentioning there are third party sync utilities that one can use if they want to. I have not found them terribly effective yet.
> There are other programs and
solutions
Such as? May I suggest searching in this forum for
that as well before you do something you might
regret?
It's all about time. Not knowing if there really IS a reliable answer out there, I simply do not have time to search the forums endlessly in search of an anonymous answer from someone who may or may not be "knowledgeable."
But, I wouldn't try anything with a client's data without it being fully backed up and tested. No worries there.
> The server would have to be web
based because the computers are
not always in the same building.
I have no idea what server are you talking about here
nor why do you tell me this in reply to me saying
that I don’t see why the two computers being in
different rooms would be a problem...
> we may be looking at other
solutions too since there's a desire for FileMaker
and others.
I don’t understand this either. What does FileMaker
have to do with synchronizing mail between computers?
I think that perhaps this discussion may have grown without me stating clearly that it was growing. We're talking about more than just email syncing in regards to this particular client. And we have computers that are sometimes in the same building and sometimes not. It's very complex by today's standard in technology. I'm sure it will be something very simple in a few years.
The email is easy enough to sync with IMAP solutions, it's just about how to direct a client to understand what IMAP is all about. The rest of the data, Word docs, FMP databases, and so forth is more challenging.
David, thanks for your input on this.
All the best,
Mick
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Well, I do have a programming background, and I must say that it amazes me that someone might want to do what you did to “solve” a problem that IMO doesn’t exist.
What exactly is it that you expect to accomplish by running multiple instances of Mail, and for which neither (1) organizing your mail using multiple mail accounts, custom mailboxes, rules, and/or smart mailboxes, nor (2) setting up separate user accounts, are acceptable solutions? I just don’t get it.
I've seen many questions regarding the possibility of running multiple
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I haven’t. Could you please provide a link for such a question, preferably one asked by someone who knew how Mail and Mac OS X work, i.e. a link for a case where there really was such a need?
There seems to be much good reason to be able to do so
I know of no such reasons, neither good nor bad.
i.e. separating work and private mail
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