Re: emails that hang balsa

[Geoffrey Leach <geoff hughes net>]

On 02/17/2012 11:14:03 AM, Jack wrote:
> Good afternoon,
> 
> I have now accumulated a number of emails that "hang" balsa.  CPU
> usage  
> goes to 100%, and my only recourse is to kill the process, either 
> with
>  
> an explicit kill, or hitting the "x" button and letting the window  
> manager terminate the process.
> 
> While I don't blame balsa itself, I'm hoping for some hints on how to 
> 
> troubleshoot, and maybe even find a way that balsa can recover 
> without
>  
> having to kill it, manually edit the mail file to remove the 
> offending
>  
> message, and restarting balsa.

How large are the emails? I've found that Balsa can take so long 
loading a folder (inbox) that I thought it was hung.