Mail GUI Bug

[Kelvin]

Through the day, the number of extraneous spaces in Mail's context menus increases. It's ok when I run mail the first few minutes, but by the end of the day it looks like the picture below.

Should I delete a preference file to fix this problem? It's actually not a real deal breaker but its irritating nonetheless. Restarting Mail fixes this problem, but eventually the context menu will grow again.

[Maverick]

i've had problems with mail too ... once i get mails over the 300 mails per day range... it seems to keep getting anything over around 300 mails over and over and over... till I have about 3 times the real amount i have...

[directX]

Kelvin,

No use deleting the plist file. It is a GUI problem that I already reported to Apple but still no solution - even with Mac OS X 10.3.3 build 7G33!

This is how it is replicated -- launch Mail.app and then either hide it or minimize it. Once you make it active again, it will add a blank item on the context menu. Do it a couple of times and what you'll get is the one you have screen-captured.

What I do is to NEVER hide or minimize the Mail.app.

[tdbur]

I can't seem to replicate the problem..

[directX]

Are you using Panther?

[tdbur]

Yup.. 10.3.3 i have about 250 messages in my inbox not counting the other messages i have in other folders.

[directX]

Fire it up, close it (without quitting) and then make it active again. Check the context menu - both on a mail folder and on the "Shortcut to commonly used action" at the bottom of the mailbox window.

Apologies - minimizing works. It is only when you close the application that this bug appears.

[tdbur]

Now i see the problem...

[directX]

Kelvin, 10.3.4 fixed that problem! Good thing they did -- it was skipped in version 10.3.2 and 10.3.3.