Mail slow to automatically complete addresses- solution

After much trial and error and trying several suggestions from some of the archives in this list I believe I have come across another possible solution to the spinning beachball when trying at add an address to an email.
The issues stems from having changed an email account setup.- just changing settings instead of creating a new accont
If the name of the folder in your library mail folder ie ( [email protected]) doesn't math your actual email account settings ie [email protected] then this seems to cause some problems.
Solution- move all the email from your inbox and sent boxes to an "archive folder" Then delete the email account in question, quit and restart Mail and then recreate the account. This will force a new folder with the correct settings to be reated in your library mail folder.
Anyways this made a HUGE speed differnce for me with relation to adding address ( via autocomplete) to an email.

The Mail.app saves all message recipients in the list of Previous Recipients in Mail and this list can grow over time especially if your sent a larger number of messages.
The address autofill feature pulls from the Address Book and the list of Previous Recipients in Mail.
At the Mail.app menu bar, go to Window and select Previous Recipients.
A previous recipient already entered in the Address Book will have a vCard icon to the left of the name or email address.
You can remove a previous recipient from the list or add a previous recipient to the Address Book that is not already entered.
It is a good idea to purge the list of Previous Recipients not entered or that you want or need to be entered in the Address Book from time to time.

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