Mail locks up when receiving

Mail locks up when I recieve mail in the mornings. I will be going along check emails fine, then all of a sudden I get the spinning beach ball! Then I have to do a force quit and restart mail. When mail comes back up, I just start where I left off and continue with no problems. It does not matter if there are attachments or not! Is there something that I can do?
Kevin Hawkins

Should I rebuild the mail boxes or something like that?
Rebuilding an IMAP mailbox is safe, so you may try that if you wish. I don't think that's the problem, though.
If you receive so much spam, you may want to read the following articles, which are applicable to any mail account (not just .Mac), and any mail client (not just Mail):
Why was I "spammed" at my .Mac Mail address?
How HTML Email Messages Relate to Unsolicited Commercial Email ("spam")

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