Comment 5 for bug 460710

I confirm, it happens for me too, latest from Karmic, both 32bit and 64bit.
It doesn't crash, it just freezes, suck 100% instantaneously and 100% memory in a few seconds (huge leak).

here is a 'ps' every 2 sec:

fta 6308 4.9 4.1 221632 86472 ? Sl 22:33 0:25 evolution --component=mail
fta 6308 4.9 4.1 221632 86472 ? Sl 22:33 0:25 evolution --component=mail
fta 6308 4.9 4.1 221632 86472 ? Sl 22:33 0:25 evolution --component=mail
fta 6308 4.8 4.1 221632 86472 ? Sl 22:33 0:25 evolution --component=mail
fta 6308 4.8 4.1 221632 86472 ? Sl 22:33 0:25 evolution --component=mail
fta 6308 4.8 4.1 221632 86472 ? Sl 22:33 0:25 evolution --component=mail
fta 6308 4.8 4.1 221632 86472 ? Sl 22:33 0:25 evolution --component=mail
fta 6308 4.8 4.1 221632 86472 ? Sl 22:33 0:25 evolution --component=mail
fta 6308 4.8 4.1 221632 86472 ? Sl 22:33 0:25 evolution --component=mail
fta 6308 4.8 4.1 221632 86472 ? Rl 22:33 0:25 evolution --component=mail
fta 6308 4.9 4.2 222172 86648 ? Sl 22:33 0:26 evolution --component=mail
fta 6308 4.9 4.2 222172 86648 ? Sl 22:33 0:26 evolution --component=mail
fta 6308 4.9 4.2 222172 86648 ? Sl 22:33 0:26 evolution --component=mail
fta 6308 5.0 6.1 361176 127772 ? Rl 22:33 0:27 evolution --component=mail <= here I double-click an attachment (a .doc)
fta 6308 5.4 11.5 778968 238360 ? Rl 22:33 0:29 evolution --component=mail
fta 6308 5.7 16.8 778968 346664 ? Rl 22:33 0:31 evolution --component=mail
fta 6308 6.1 22.0 1336024 455536 ? Rl 22:33 0:33 evolution --component=mail
fta 6308 6.4 27.5 1336024 567204 ? Rl 22:33 0:35 evolution --component=mail
fta 6308 6.8 32.8 2450136 677464 ? Rl 22:33 0:37 evolution --component=mail
fta 6308 7.1 38.1 2450136 787260 ? Rl 22:33 0:39 evolution --component=mail
fta 6308 7.5 43.4 2450136 895872 ? Rl 22:33 0:41 evolution --component=mail
fta 6308 7.8 48.8 2450136 1006372 ? Rl 22:33 0:43 evolution --component=mail
fta 6308 8.2 53.3 2450136 1100348 ? Rl 22:33 0:45 evolution --component=mail
fta 6308 8.5 58.4 2450136 1205988 ? Rl 22:33 0:47 evolution --component=mail
fta 6308 8.8 61.3 2450136 1265496 ? Rl 22:33 0:49 evolution --component=mail
fta 6308 9.2 61.3 2450136 1265496 ? Rl 22:33 0:51 evolution --component=mail
fta 6308 9.5 61.3 2450136 1265496 ? Rl 22:33 0:53 evolution --component=mail
fta 6308 9.8 61.3 2450136 1265496 ? Rl 22:33 0:55 evolution --component=mail
fta 6308 10.1 61.3 2450136 1265496 ? Rl 22:33 0:57 evolution --component=mail
fta 6308 10.5 61.3 2450136 1265496 ? Rl 22:33 0:59 evolution --component=mail
fta 6308 10.8 61.3 2450136 1265496 ? Rl 22:33 1:01 evolution --component=mail
fta 6308 11.1 61.3 2450136 1265496 ? Rl 22:33 1:03 evolution --component=mail
fta 6308 11.4 61.3 2450136 1265496 ? Rl 22:33 1:06 evolution --component=mail
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