Sent Messages are constantly synchronising with server. Mail so slow!!

Whenever I open Mail, the Mail Activity window displays thousands of messages incoming which takes forever and slows down my computer. Also the Activity window shows it's constantly Communicating with Server (Sent Messages) Fetching. It never seems to complete this action and so slows everything down. If I let it run and run overnight I still see this message in the morning.
I have a MobileMe account but it used to be a .Mac account. Is the computer getting confused between the two I wonder?
Please help, I've searched the forums for similar issues but nothing has been resolved. I'm going mad!!

Prince Of Wales II wrote:
Whenever I open Mail, the Mail Activity window displays thousands of messages incoming which takes forever and slows down my computer. Also the Activity window shows it's constantly Communicating with Server (Sent Messages) Fetching. It never seems to complete this action and so slows everything down. If I let it run and run overnight I still see this message in the morning.
I have a MobileMe account but it used to be a .Mac account. Is the computer getting confused between the two I wonder?
Please help, I've searched the forums for similar issues but nothing has been resolved. I'm going mad!!
Dear Prince,
has your issue been solved? Now it's challenging me... Mail is synchronizing till death (since yesterday morning ...)
Marco

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