Links in Mac Mail Are Unclickable

I'm pretty sure that this is a recent problem, as I have definitely been able to click on links in the past. I haven't updated Mac Mail or Safari for quite some time now. I run Mail 2.1.3 and Safari 4.0.2 (I heard that 4.0.3 is completely bug-ridden and slows down computers to no end, so I avoided it) on Mac OS 10.4.11.
Basically, suddenly stopped showing up as links in Mac Mail. I can't click them. I have to copy and paste them. Like I said, I haven't updated anything recently, nor have I changed any of my Mail preferences recently.
Any ideas as to why this is suddenly happening?

Not certain, but this can fix myriad Mail problems...
Safe Boot from the HD, (holding Shift key down at bootup), it will try to repair your Disk Directory while the spinning radian is happening, so let it go, run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, then move these folder & file to the Desktop.
Move this Folder to the Desktop...
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Caches/Mail/
Move this file to the Desktop...
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Mail/Envelope Index
Reset the Launch Services...
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/resetlaunchservices.html#Anchor-Reset-47857
Reboot.
If that doesn't do it and you can afford to redo all your Rules, try these & reboot...
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Mail/MessageRules.plist
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Mail/MessageRules.plist.backup

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