Have you tried exporting all messages to the Powermail format, them starting with an empty email db (all messages deleted- do have a Back up copy!) them import those messages back in? Sometimes that can "clean" a database. I've done that with FileMaker Pro before.
Do you have the spotlight searching enabled? try turning that off. (or on, whichever it's not). Best, Dave Nathanson Mac Medix in reply to ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), Ken Pope's message of 1:55 PM, 8/25/06 >I use PM 5.2.3 on a G4 with Tiger 10.4.7, and have run into a problem >with the indexing. I wasn't finding things when I searched, so I tried >to rebuild the index, but it would go almost to the end (of around >85,000 messages) and then freeze. Once it freezes I am unable to use >the program -- even after I use "force quit" and restart my computer, >once I restart PM and ask it to do anything (e.g., download mail), I get >the spinning ball and when I check "force quit" it tells me that PM is >not responding. Once this initial freeze happens, PM becomes completely >nonresponsive, and I have to load my back-up. >
