SpamSieve Slowing Mail down?

I’m not sure it is spamsieve or just Mail… but since I upgraded to lion it takes over a minute (at least) for mail to become usable. It launches but seems stuck for a long time before I can even use it.

I upgraded to the compatible/latest version of spamsieve.

Again, I’m not assuming SpamSieve is the culprit- just trying to eliminate possibilities and see if anyone has experiences this.

thanks

If you want to rule out SpamSieve as a possible cause, you could uncheck its rule in Mail’s preferences and uninstall its plug-in.