Sent Messages mailbox crashes programme

Every time I click on my Sent Messages mailbox the Mail (1.1.1) programme crashes - can that be because it is too full? Is there any way I can get into the Mailbox in order to delete some emails? Or is there any other way of solving my problem? Would be grateful for any help.

Thanks.
This mailbox is in some very bad shape.
Copy the Sent Messages.mbox and place the copy in another location of your choosing such as your Documents folder for backup purposes.
Repeat Show Package Contents for the original Sent Messages.mbox on the Desktop and delete all package content files except for the following files and empty the Trash.
tableofcontents
mbox
Info.plist
With the Mail.app quit and using the Finder, go to Home > Library > Mail > Mailboxes.
Move the Sent Messages.mbox from the Desktop to and within the Mailboxes folder.
Launch Mail and this transferred mailbox will be available in the mailboxes drawer along with any other user created or imported mailboxes you may have.
Select this mailbox in the mailboxes drawer and the Mail.app will take additional time to re-index the mailbox.
If successful and when finished, all messages may appear as unread even though these are sent messages.
If so, select a message in the message list and at the menu bar, go to Edit > Select All. At the menu bar, go to Message > Mark and select As Read.
Use the Rebuild Mailbox function on this mailbox for good measure. With this mailbox selected in the mailboxes drawer, at the menu bar go to Mailbox and select Rebuild.
If this is successful and there are no missing messages, you can delete the copy of this Sent Messages.mbox placed in your Documents folder.

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