Mail 3.2 hangs when quiting it

There is a constant activity called "Getting unread counts" showing up in the activity window in Mail. Everything seems to work ok, but if I quit mail, it just hangs up and I have to force quit it. Any ideas? It is doing it on both my Desktop and MacBook. I sync them on dot mac. Just started happening about a week ago.
Thanks for any help.
LG

Thanks for the post.
I added my two cents worth to the thread you referred me.
Since there seems to be no fast and easy answer, I will experiment and if I come up with something; I will add it to the main thread.
Thanks again.

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