Mail app eating my CPU using Lion

i have a problem with the mail app
i cant exit it without force quit
its uses a lot of cpu and heats the mac up
i get a message in the console
21/07/2011 21:42:24.852 Mail: [<_LibSasl2SASLClient: 0x7fdc1d6ceb30> mechanism: PLAIN security layer: no] Failed to start the SASL connection
SASL(-1): generic failure:
any ideas

I had the same issue:
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2. Use Disc Management Utility to repair permissions of your OS Hard Disk
3. Reboot
4. Start Mail.app
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