Mac Mail problems...never seen before???

Mac Mail hangs, won't download all emails, and then won't fully quit...?~!
I just reinstalled the Bundled Software, but now I'll bet Mail isn't in that bunch, but comes with the System software. Oh, well...
Any help...from any quarter?
TIA
Lanny

Did you just install the Software Update for Safari 4.0.1? This happened to me, same symptoms. Suddenly any time I tried to access my email Mail died a lingering death.
Try launching Safari, opening its Preferences, selecting Security, and unchecking "Warn when visiting a fraudulent website".
A serious bug and a serious and disappointing gap in QA before releasing such a vital component.

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Hi,
Your best bet at this point then is to contact iTunes Support and get them to straighten this out for you:
https://expresslane.apple.com/Issues.action
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Again, I said I thought that this potentialy does simplify the API, but I have not seen it used before.
I don't see the design as much of a problem. Me either.

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# Written by Jason Englander <[email protected]>
# Unknown creation date, possibly Mar 8, 2002, probably even earlier
# 0.5 2006 Sep 15 Jason Englander
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$source = "?" if ! $source;
$user = "?" if ! $user;
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$folder .= "...";
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my $source = $sources{$pid};
my $folder = $folders{$pid};
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my $folder = $folders{$pid};
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print "Pid User Source IP Folder\n";
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print " Options:\n";
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petemay wrote:
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