Kmail is very sluggish.

[Chris Jones]

> I just resolve a major crash problem with my new system.  Everything
> works but is a bit sluggish.  That should not happen.  I have only  
> Kmail
> up right now, and I have 8gb of ECC memory, so things should be  
> snappy.
> When I click the mouse, there is a lag before things happen.  That
> doesn't happen on my old computer with Intrepid as the OS and only  
> 512mb
> of ram.  Anyone have any ideas?  Do you think it relates to the
> resolution of the crash?  TIA

Could do.

Have you checked to see if there are any rogue processes running  
hogging the CPU ? ( such as by running top at the command line )

Chris