Going through my sorted emails from the Suse list the curser hanged on an email with the subject line Re[2]: [SLE] Installing on a laptop. After approx 5 seconds Kmail quitted. After restart the same occurred when I reached this email. After having removed the offending email from my Suse folder with midnight commander I discovered four other emails with the same effect. They all had a cryptographic signature and they all had to do with Sean Rima. I still have an email with a strange header -Re: Re[2]: [SLE] installing on a laptop- but this email is not a problem. The problem seems to be neutralized. This is the first time I have seen this behavior on my Suse box (9.0) and I hope it is the last time;-). I have the problematic files in a temporary directory. Anybody with more grips about emails who want to have a look just tell me and they will be expedited.