Spinning ball while mail loads?

Is it normal in Mail for the beach ball to spin simply while it is loading new messages? If so, I have a new app to dump. I hope it is just a setting I need to adjust. Thanks

Try rebuilding the mailbox. This can take awhile if you have a lot of mail. It can't hurt.
Rebuild mailbox

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It's getting more often when the Mail is reacting very slowly while I go scroll through the in-box. The spinning ball appears and stays for a long period of time. I first thought it has to do with the heavy contents of the e-mails, but I notice it is also happening while going through the text only e-mails.
Does it have to do with the amount of messages in the in-box ( I have over 2800 messages )?
Any similar experience and any solution? Thanks.

Although using Inbox for archiving purposes is a bad idea, 2800 messages aren’t that many, so that by itself shouldn’t be a problem.
What type of mail account is this (POP, IMAP, .Mac)?
This is probably an index issue. You may want to try the following:
http://www.musingsfrommars.org/2007/03/vacuummail-will-speed-up-apple-mail.html

Spinning Ball using Mail in Lion - Can I strip all?

[Reposted from iMac Community]
I've read dozens of threads on the Spinning Ball Syndrome with Lion and Mail. I've tried all of the suggestions and still no luck.
My case is unique, and should be simple to solve - because I never set up any mail accounts and am willing to delete ALL mail files.
Sometimes I get the spinning ball and have to force quit.
When I start the Mail app, sometimes it doesn't even appear as an app starting up, but I can use command-tab to switch apps and find it.
I would appreciate anyone's help:
Can I REMOVE ALL mail data files and start "clean"?
Background:
Used a Mac Mini for 3+4 years as a music media station. NEVER set up any mail accounts on the machine.
Upgraded through a few OS generations up to Lion.
Bought a new Mac Mini about a week ago.
Before migrating data to the new machine, I updated all software, verified and repaired disk permissions, and ran fsck -yf in single user mode on the source.
Then I migrated the data to the new machine using migration assistant, including user settings.
Updated all software.
I've verified permissions, repaired them. Verified the hard disk. No errors. And I've removed files that were mentioned in related threads.
- Removed
/Library/Preferences/
com.apple.mail.plist
com.apple.mail.plist.lockfile
No change
- Went to
/Library/Mail/V2 (that was the only folder)
Clicked on Maildata and removed everything except for:
accountsplist
messageruleplist
No change
Please see the attached screen shot of my /Library/Mail/V2 directory. Everything looks stripped and recent.
Any other suggestions appreciated.
Hardware: New Mac Mini (it wasn't preloaded with Mountain Lion)
2.5 GHz Intel Core i5
Still only 4GB RAM (Haven't had a chance yet to install new RAM)

Thank you.
First, when I opened Mail, I got the following message, and I selected "Don't Restore"
Yes, there is a pattern and error cycle. Please see below (replacing my username with foobar)
9/14/12 12:50:09.872 PM Mail: Using V2 Layout
9/14/12 12:51:42.214 PM Mail: POST /Info.woa/wa/XMLRPC/accountInfo?username=foobar (FAILED), httpStatusCode:-1, errorType:106 (domain=AYErrorDomain, code=2), transactionState:5, txnId:E67F253F-6CED-4D96-BEFC-CAB9D1D177B9, auto-retries=0, manual-retries=0
9/14/12 12:51:42.214 PM Mail: AOSKit ERROR: Failed to get mail props (doBypassCache=0, [email protected], passwordProvided=1), mailInfo=
(null)
Mail: POST
Mail: AOSKit ERROR: Failed to get mail props
The above repeats 3x
9/14/12 12:56:18.181 PM Mail: *** Assertion failure in -[NSMenuItem initWithTitle:action:keyEquivalent:], /SourceCache/AppKit/AppKit-1138.47/Menus.subproj/NSMenuItem.m:317
Invalid parameter not satisfying: aString != nil
          0   Message                             0x00007fff91d25ef8 -[MFAssertionHandler _handleFailureWithPreamble:description:arguments:] + 116
          1   Message                             0x00007fff91d2608e -[MFAssertionHandler handleFailureInMethod:object:file:lineNumber:description:] + 185
          2   AppKit                              0x00007fff8cd24879 -[NSMenuItem initWithTitle:action:keyEquivalent:] + 145
          3   Mail                                0x000000010e0627f4 Mail + 30708
          4   Mail                                0x000000010e061eae Mail + 28334
          5   Mail                                0x000000010e061932 Mail + 26930
          6   Mail                                0x000000010e05ecea Mail + 15594
          7   Foundation                          0x00007fff90c86d0e __-[NSNotificationCenter addObserver:selector:name:object:]_block_invoke_1 + 47
          8   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff8ecf87ba _CFXNotificationPost + 2634
          9   Foundation                          0x00007fff90c72fc3 -[NSNotificationCenter postNotificationName:object:userInfo:] + 65
          10 Mail                                0x000000010e05d161 Mail + 8545
          11 AppKit                              0x00007fff8cd124e3 -[NSApplication _postDidFinishNotification] + 212
          12 AppKit                              0x00007fff8cd12249 -[NSApplication _sendFinishLaunchingNotification] + 78
          13 AppKit                              0x00007fff8cd10f10 -[NSApplication(NSAppleEventHandling) _handleAEOpenEvent:] + 242
          14 AppKit                              0x00007fff8cd10c71 -[NSApplication(NSAppleEventHandling) _handleCoreEvent:withReplyEvent:] + 330
          15 CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff8ed42541 -[NSObject performSelector:withObject:withObject:] + 65
          16 Foundation                          0x00007fff90ca97c7 __-[NSAppleEventManager setEventHandler:andSelector:forEventClass:andEventID:]_block_invoke_1 + 101
          17 Foundation                          0x00007fff90ca874e -[NSAppleEventManager dispatchRawAppleEvent:withRawReply:handlerRefCon:] + 283
          18 Foundation                          0x00007fff90ca85dc _NSAppleEventManagerGenericHandler + 105
          19 AE                                  0x00007fff8a702c25 _Z20aeDispatchAppleEventPK6AEDescPS_jPh + 200
          20 AE                                  0x00007fff8a702b03 _ZL25dispatchEventAndSendReplyPK6AEDescPS_ + 38
          21 AE                                  0x00007fff8a7029f7 aeProcessAppleEvent + 250
          22 HIToolbox                           0x00007fff92ac6d7d AEProcessAppleEvent + 102
          23 AppKit                              0x00007fff8cd0e07d _DPSNextEvent + 1247
          24 AppKit                              0x00007fff8cd0d735 -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 135
          25 AppKit                              0x00007fff8cd0a071 -[NSApplication run] + 470
          26 AppKit                              0x00007fff8cf86244 NSApplicationMain + 867
          27 Mail                                0x000000010e13352c Mail + 886060
9/14/12 12:57:49.873 PM Mail: POST /Info.woa/wa/XMLRPC/accountInfo?username=foobar (FAILED), httpStatusCode:-1, errorType:106 (domain=AYErrorDomain, code=2), transactionState:5, txnId:311982BF-9A37-4545-B7A1-D0968C83E832, auto-retries=0, manual-retries=0
Mail: POST
Mail: AOSKit ERROR: Failed to get mail props
The above repeats 3x, then repeats the following error again.
Mail: *** Assertion failure in -[NSMenuItem initWithTitle:action:keyEquivalent:],
I no longer use my foobar@me account. Where do I delete that forever?
Thank you,
Jim

Spinning ball in Mail

Since updating to 10.8, on waking, Mail shows a spinning ball until all the accounts are synched and all mail has come in. I'm not the only one seeing the new "feature", but no one knows how to avoid it. This never happened in 10.6 or 10.7. Is there a known fix? I've seen a suggestion to trash some plist file, but it was not one that was on my machine.

Well, WD Memo Agent would not be the problem, whatever that is. I suspect it's something for Microsoft Word. The only update from Apple for 10.4.11 was a Security Update, and it had nothing to do with Mail. But try this:
If you're using a POP mail account, go to Home/Library/Mail and delete the Envelope Index file.
Restart Mail and wait for it to rebuild the index, and see if it will launch correctly. If not:
Quit Mail.
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I've read dozens of threads on the Spinning Ball Syndrome with Lion and Mail. I've tried all of the suggestions and still no luck.
My case is unique, and should be simple to solve - because I never set up any mail accounts and am willing to delete ALL mail files.
Sometimes I get the spinning ball and have to force quit.
When I start the Mail app, sometimes it doesn't even appear as an app starting up, but I can use command-tab to switch apps and find it.
I would appreciate anyone's help:
Can I REMOVE ALL mail data files and start "clean"?
Background:
Used a Mac Mini for 3+4 years as a music media station. NEVER set up any mail accounts on the machine.
Upgraded through a few OS generations up to Lion.
Bought a new Mac Mini about a week ago.
Before migrating data to the new machine, I updated all software, verified and repaired disk permissions, and ran fsck -yf in single user mode on the source.
Then I migrated the data to the new machine using migration assistant, including user settings.
Updated all software.
I've verified permissions, repaired them. Verified the hard disk. No errors. And I've removed files that were mentioned in related threads.
- Removed
/Library/Preferences/
com.apple.mail.plist
com.apple.mail.plist.lockfile
No change
- Went to
/Library/Mail/V2 (that was the only folder)
Clicked on Maildata and removed everything except for:
accountsplist
messageruleplist
No change
Please see the attached screen shot of my /Library/Mail/V2 directory. Everything looks stripped and recent.
Is there anything else I can get rid of?
Any other suggestions appreciated.
Hardware: New Mac Mini (it wasn't preloaded with Mountain Lion)
Lion v 10.7.4
2.5 GHz Intel Core i5
Still only 4GB RAM (Haven't had a chance yet to install new RAM)
Jim

Please repost on the correct forum, this is an iMac forum. There are forums specifically for Mac Mini users, however the answers will probably still be the same.

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Mail worked flawlessly until earlier I opened the app
and I get a spinning ball that won't stop spinning.
I let it go for at least 10 minutes until I forced
quit and each time I open Mail this happens- with
reboot or shutdown and restart. Anyone know what's
wrong? I can access my .Mac accounts through the
web, but it's a pain.
Thank you in advance!
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(10.4.8) no software updates left to
install
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