Mail crashing sometimes when I click a link

Running 10.5.8 and sometimes when I click a web link it mail it will crash. Just spins the beach ball for 10 sec or so then crashes.
I am using mail to access 2 gmail accounts and not doing anything differently than before. I recently did a clean install and the only thing I have changed is that I no longer use Onyx. I can't see how that has anything to do with it. I have never had this issue before though in over 2 years of using Leo.

Hello,
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