>Yes, I tried it, it did not work... it seems as if Mail goes into a >processing frenzy and consumes so much processor time that the whole >system freezes as a result. It is just how it appears, and it's >strange, as it shouldn't happen in such a modern operating system. What >gives this impression is that the system unfreezes for a second or two >once in a while, but remains rather unresponsive even within this short >time. I presume if I was patient enough, the force quit dialog would >eventually appear, but I always give up after a couple of minutes.
Yes, I've hit this before (although not with Mail since I don't use it). Indeed if you are patient enough, you can work thru a force quit. But you do have to be REALLY patient. I freely admit that many times I'm not willing to wait either and do a reboot instead. Although also much of these times, I can get in from remote SSH and kill the process via a remote command line. That tends to stay responding even when the rest of the system has ground to a halt. (But there are times that even that is too slow to want to deal with) -chris <http://www.mythtech.net> -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
