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I'm not having that crash, but when I have mail running my hard disk fills up completely and becomes unusable. Anyone else having that problem?
 
Delete the account then add back. You might need to set the Drafts, Sent, Junk, trash folders using the Mailbox > Use this mailbox as option.
 
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