Mail program is CONSTANTLY writing changes to disk, and it bogs EVERYTHING down...

...everytime I open it, it starts redoing this (whatever it is) and it slows things down to a crawl. The other strange issue is when I send an email, esp with an attachment, it stays as a draft, even though it has been sent. Have the latest updates, and have been searching this forum regularly.
Hope they fix this, but in the meantime, any suggestions?
Cheers,
Cameron

Mavricks Mail is Writing Changes to Disk for gmail every reboot, still!
There was an update that was supposed to fix this. It hasn't. Is there some resinstall/delete prefs/stop-start I can do to get this to stop?
This needs to be fixed. I'm leaving for overseas trip and can't be sucking up bandwidth re-downloading 30,000 messages every day. Maybe I should have gmail forward to icloud, then just read icloud? WTH?

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Select the mailbox you're are having problems with - you can find the Rebuild option under "Mailbox" from the menu at the top of the screen.
You can download a fully functional trial of Cocktail from here
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I cannot cope with this any longer, I am using a MacBook Pro and the machine is unusable since upgrading to Mavericks. Mail is churning constantly and I cannot do anything else with the machine. Can anyone suggest a new email programme or either on Mac or PC? I am sorry Apple but you have failed me for the final time with this upgrade.

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Although your OS detail indicates you are running 10.3.9, after installing Panther if your install disc does not include 10.3.9, did you use Software Update or download the 10.3.9 Combo Update to update your OS to 10.3.9?
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Launch Mail and after your account or accounts are checked for new Mail, open "In" in the mailboxes drawer by selecting the black triangle beside it pointing it down to reveal the account named Inbox mailbox or mailboxes if you have multiple accounts.
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Macintosh HD:
Capacity: 249.72 GB (249,715,376,128 bytes)
Available: 176.64 GB (176,635,330,560 bytes)
Is the bolded text the correct info? Many thanks for any help, J
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