I have only encountered this on occasion. I don’t use the VO+J command. I simply go to the message of interest and read it directly. And yes, I am running latest version of Catalina (system updated today in fact). Mail does sometimes hang whenever the server gets too busy. Also, if trying to load images or URL’s from online sources, mail can get a bit dicey. I turned off loading of images and outside URL’s to minimize this problem.
Btw, here is my system specs just for interest: Hardware Overview: Model Name: Mac mini Model Identifier: Macmini6,1 Processor Name: Dual-Core Intel Core i5 Processor Speed: 2.5 GHz Number of Processors: 1 Total Number of Cores: 2 L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB L3 Cache: 3 MB Hyper-Threading Technology: Enabled Memory: 8 GB Boot ROM Version: 421.0.0.0.0 SMC Version (system): 2.7f0 Serial Number (system): C07JCYD5DWYL Hardware UUID: EA38BF4D-C66A-5630-BD01-495716CEB60B System Software Overview: System Version: macOS 10.15.7 (19H524) Kernel Version: Darwin 19.6.0 Boot Volume: MacMini Boot Mode: Normal Computer Name: EvilDead User Name: proudhawk (proudhawk) Secure Virtual Memory: Enabled System Integrity Protection: Enabled Time since boot: 24 minutes -Eric > On Feb 9, 2021, at 11:57 AM, Brad Snyder <wb...@swbell.net> wrote: > > This is not a new issue, and is not unique to Big Sur. I currently > experience this on Catalina, and other versions of macOS and iOS going back a > while. > I believe this is a server-side issue, and not anything you can do about it. > > - Brad - > > > On Feb 9, 2021, at 12:31, Paul Hopewell <hopew...@hopewell.org.uk > <mailto:hopew...@hopewell.org.uk>> wrote: > > Hello, > I am using Apple Mail on Bigsur 11.2. Quite often Mail keeps saying “busy” > when I try to read a message. > I have 3 Email accounts and have set up All Inboxes so that I see all > messages in a single table. When I have located a message of interest I press > VO+J to read the message text. This usually works OK but quite often Apple > Mail distlays the message header and then keeps saying “busy” and refuses to > display the message text. It instead displays the message header and then > keeps saying “busy”. Force quitting Mail and restarting Mail does not usually > fix the problem and I have to go to my iPhone to read the message text. I > think this may be happening if a new message arrives at the same time as I am > trying to read the chosen message. > This hardly ever happened on Catalinabut it started happening on Bigsur 11.1. > Do others have this problem? If so is there a work around perhaps by changing > my Mail preferences? > Many thanks for any tips. > Best … Paul Hopewell > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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