Mail Crashing when it tries to recieve mail

Question

Hello, whenever I open up mail, and it begins to try and recieve mail, it crashes, with the message "Mail has unexpectedly quit". Here is the error log to the event.
Date/Time: 2006-11-19 20:49:35 -0500
OS Version: 10.2.8 (Build 6R73)
Host: Patrick-Stinsons-Computer.local.
Command: Unknown
PID: 718
Exception: EXCBADACCESS (0x0001)
Codes: KERNINVALIDADDRESS (0x0001) at 0x019d506a
Backtrace not available
PPC Thread State:
srr0: 0x9193d31c srr1: 0x0000f030 vrsave: 0x00000000
xer: 0x00000000 lr: 0x91933e40 ctr: 0x9005e1f8 mq: 0x00000000
r0: 0x04b5c6f2 r1: 0xbfffd090 r2: 0x8800424c r3: 0x9197fa00
r4: 0x019d5062 r5: 0x00000002 r6: 0x00000000 r7: 0xbfffd380
r8: 0x91ec96f4 r9: 0xa1930890 r10: 0x00000000 r11: 0x9197fa10
r12: 0x9005e1f8 r13: 0x00000000 r14: 0x00000000 r15: 0x00000000
r16: 0x00000000 r17: 0x01233fe0 r18: 0x01110c60 r19: 0xbfffd2d0
r20: 0x00000000 r21: 0xa1933d38 r22: 0xfffffffb r23: 0x001328a0
r24: 0x9197fa00 r25: 0x135bd847 r26: 0x04b5c6f2 r27: 0x00000009
r28: 0x00000000 r29: 0x01439000 r30: 0x019d5072 r31: 0x91933d38
iMac 17 inch   Mac OS X (10.2.x)  

Answer 1

Hello Duck5009.
The absence of useful information in the crash report indicates that there is something amiss system-wide. I’m not familiarized with the version of Mac OS X you’re using. The following is what I would suggest if you were running Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther) or later.
Verify/repair the startup disk (not just permissions), as described here:
The Repair functions of Disk Utility: what's it all about?
After having fixed all filesystem issues, if any, reinstall the Combo Update for the type of computer and the version of Mac OS X you’re using, unless this is the version of Mac OS X that came with your computer:
Mac OS X 10.2.8 Combo Update
Take a look at the following articles for guidelines on how to properly install system updates:
Troubleshooting installation and software updates
Installing software updates
Basically, you should verify/repair the startup disk before installing the update, no applications should be running while installing it, and you may experience unexpected results if you have third-party system software modifications (not normal applications) installed.
BTW, since you’re running Mac OS X 10.2.8, it would be more appropriate to discuss this in the Mail & Address Book - Mac OS X 10.3 & earlier forum. If the discussion applies to both Mail 1.x and Mail 2.x, it doesn’t really matter, but it’s difficult to know that in advance.