Mail and iCal Syncing Headaches

I do not have a .Mac account. So I can't figure out why I have to wait for what can amount to twenty seconds or so each time I launch Mail while it goes through what it says is: "Registering syncing prefs with .Mac." Mail often won't display a message or let me create a new one, and will not quit until it finally decides there's nothing to sync with. It's a pain in the a**.
On a similar note, even if I don't create any new entries or make any changes, but just to look at my calendar, iCal wants to sync with SOMETHING before IT will quit.
These issues, of course, aren't new. They've been happening all along. And that's why I'm puzzled as to why my Mac isn't smart enough to know that there's nothing to sync with. There should at least be an OPTION to turn syncing OFF. Completely. Egad, I hate to say it, but it's almost as annoying as some Windows issues.
Anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks.

Hi BDAqua and Carolyn...
My OS X came configured with the .Mac preference pane in System Preferences beginning with whatever release of OS X offered it, but I did not subscribe to it, as I had no need. However, Mail and iCal had been attempting to sync from day one. Never knowing why, it eventually began to annoy me. So much so, that at one point, I removed the .Mac preference pane - AND every file I could find related to .Mac - but the attempt by Mail and iCal to sync persisted (I don't have iDisk or, at least, it's not in my Applications folder).
What makes this annoying is that while Mail attempts to sync, it prevents me from switching mailboxes and displaying or composing a message. iCal just sits there. I can't even hide iCal while it needlessly churns away.
I put the .Mac preference pane back where it belonged earlier this year and subscribed ONLY for the purpose of transferring files from my G4 dekstop to my MacBook, as instructed by an Apple support person. I've since discovered on my own that I could have done the transfer much more simply and quickly using a firewire cable; thank you, Apple support person.) Once the transfer was completed, I made sure to turn any and all syncing preferences off, and I've let my .Mac account expire. But my username and password remained in the .Mac preference pane, until I just now deleted them, at Carolyn's suggestion. Prior to doing that, the .Mac preference pane confirmed that my account had expired 206 days ago.
Before beginning this paragraph, I launched iCal and moved an item from yesterday to day and then Quit. iCal still spent a few seconds attempting to sync (perhaps to the phases of the moon, or the Fall TV season, I don't know). However, Mail - upon launching at this point - seems to only check the appropriate servers. I did see the syncing message, but only for a split second.
Am I to believe that even though my .Mac account had expired long ago, just the fact that my username and password remained in the preference pane was enough for these applications to continue sync attempts? That would seem odd to me; since 1986 my Macs have been smarter than that.
Thank you both, BDAqua and Carolyn, very much. I'll wait just a while before I call this problem... err, annoyance solved.
UPDATE: Just before beginning THIS note, I launched Mail again, and it still attempted to "Register syncing prefs with .Mac," but only for a couple of seconds. I just don't understand.
But, thanks again.

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