Mail does not respond!

When I open it, it is checking for e-mail over and over again. I have already waited for long time but not finishing. It is unable to stop unless I force quit it. What's wrong with it? Anyone can help?
Thanks

Hi Nepenthes,
If you don't mind me asking, What mail provider are you using? This could be happening for a couple of reasons. I would recommend setting up your Mail account again. The other thing is does your internet work? There are many reasons why it won't work, I suggest looking at Mail Connection Doctor and even Activity monitor in the Windows Menu. Does this seem like your problem? You might want to consult the Mail.app support page. Any information you can obtain and share will help diagnose your problem.
I hope that helps,
Jon
PS You might want to post this message in the Mail & Address Book Forum.

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Apple - feel free to get in contact with me and I will let you access my machine via remote desktop or teamviewer or something to see the bug in action.
It is time to fix this annoying behaviour.
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I know that there are several posts regarding issues with javamail. I have viewed them for the past hour. While several of them address my issue I have been unable to locate a solution.
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msgsend.java:44: package javax.mail does not exist
import javax.mail.*;
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import javax.mail.internet.*;
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location: class msgsend
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location: class msgsend
InternetAddress.parse(to,
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msgsend.java:154: package Message does not exist
msg.setRecipients(Message.RecipientType.CC,
^
msgsend.java:155: cannot find symbol
symbol : variable InternetAddress
location: class msgsend
InternetAddress.parse(cc,
^
msgsend.java:157: package Message does not exist
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^
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symbol : variable InternetAddress
location: class msgsend
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symbol : class MimeBodyPart
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msgsend.java:167: cannot find symbol
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I have double checked all folder names and copy pasted all entries to eliminate typos. Javamail-1.4 and jaf-1.1 are both located in c:\download which is the same location Class Path points to.
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Yes - I have read that part of the README and did exactly as it has said in a previous attempt. I should have mentioned that here I'm sorry :)
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C:\download\javamail-1.4\demo>
I have tried fixing this error as well via forums and FAQs but it seems to be the most generic error.
One suggestion was to clear your classpath. I tried this with a test hello world program which was giving the same error - "NoClassDefFoundError". By clearing the classpath I was able to get the hello world program to run without this error. But I can't just clear the classpath in this instance because it needs to point to mail.jar and activation.jar for the program to compile.
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