Yosemite mail.app hang

I just upgraded to Yosemite and have found that Mail.app hangs. I would open it and 10 or 15 seconds later it would hang. I would get a spinning beach ball and Mail was listed as not responding in Activity Monitor.
I was able to narrow down the problem to one account. The account works in Thunderbird on the same Mac, so I don't think the account is a problem.
Any ideas how and can trouble shoot this, or otherwise diagnose and fix the problem?

Hi railmeat,
Sounds like you may be experiencing an issue with your Mail app. I would like to recommend that you use this article as a reference for troubleshooting this issue further:
OS X Mail: Troubleshooting sending and receiving email messages
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts3276
Thanks for being a part of the Apple Support Communities!
Regards,
Braden

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