Lots of disk activity in mail.app with IMAP

Hi -- just switched to IMAP and then uploaded about 3k email messages to each of two IMAP accounts. I am also using HTTPmail. It's insane how much disk activity mail.app takes up. My disk seems like it's always being read to or written from. It's making a ton of noise all the time. When I quit mail.app, the noises stop. Is there a way to make it stop doing all these reads/writes? It cant' be good for the disk and it slows down my computer.
Thanks!
Nathan

Let it run. Chances are, IMAP will simmer down after it does all its processing. If this continues, it might be the result of you simply having a lot of new email. Try disabling the auto synchronization feature if it really bothers you.

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