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Use Mail.app without performing pending operations
Authored by: ebneuhaus on Jun 06, '10 03:53:20AM
This solution solved a problem that hijacked my system to the point of SEVERE system degradation and general network degradation. Here's what happened: I ended up with recursive gmail pending operations as a result of trying to use an email callout from within a pdf file. When my system started misbehaving, I blamed the storm and shutdown my mac. Over the next few days, I had problems with network connectivity-and mac responsiveness- and assumed that the DSL modem had flaked out. While trouble shooting, I noticed that my network problem was related to whether my mac was running or not. I immediately thought of malware since I had recently downloaded and installed new software (although I scanned it first with avast). Fortunately, I noticed that the gmail progress shield was continuously spinning and so investigated the activity report window from within Mail. Stopping the related tasks within the activity window did not fix the problem, nor did deleting sent files or "recovered" gmail files. But amazingly, after deleting the files named "1 2 3 4" from within the .OffLineCache folder (using terminal), the recursive operations subsided after about 3 additional minutes of syncing with gmail. Thanks a million for posting this solution!!!

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