Am/On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 08:36:42 -0400 schrieb/wrote John Payne: >Suddenly one day with no warning, Power Mail 5.5.2 would download a >couple of messages and then crash with the “The application Power >Mail has unexpectedly quit...” message. This happens now every time I >try to retrieve mail. I’ve tried all of the usual techniques: >upgraded to 5.5.3, trashed prefs, run fsck -y, repaired permissions, >everything I’m aware of. I can provide the crash log if anyone >requests it. There was no new software installed, no new anything to >change the configuration of the machine. All other software is >functioning perfectly. It is inexplicable. > >My Mac: >Mac Book Pro, 2.16GHz Core 2 Duo >2GB RAM >OS 10.4.8 >POP mail account >No Safari beta
how big is your message database? PM can't handle more than 2GB in the moment? Is html viewer switched on or off? did you try to make a low level rebuilt of the PM database? in the low level rebuilt you have a option to switch off automatic mail retrieval, try this. Thanks and all the best Matthias

