Local Network Users having Mail freeze up and OS locking up.
Hi
I have a client running a Mac Mini Server (OS X 10.8.5) and I have been having issues with certain users having their profiles corrupting. The symptoms start off with the Mail app not running and freezing up, which then locks up other applications they use. The issue has occured twice, the first time, I recreated a user and transferred all their settings to the new profile and all worked fine.
But this has happened again in under a month with a totally different user and I need to get to the bottom of it, the work around is ok but not really resolving the issue. I am wondering if anyone has had this issue with network users?
Once it the users account freezes up, we need to manually shut the Mac down and then on reboot we log back in and can log back out as long as we don't open Mail.
The server doesn't handle the mail, they use IMAP accounts from their hosting company.
Please let me know if you require any more information. Anyones help would be appreciated as this Mac Mini Server has been in for less than 12 months.
Regards
ReyanF
Mac mini, OS X Server