Apple Mail - Preview Pane - No Preview

Ladies and Gentlemen:
Apple Mail developed a strange behavior.
Neither in the preview pane nor when you double click the mail the content is visible.
Why is this? How can it be repaired?
Thank you very much!
Kind regards
Dieter Zakel MD MA

Are you aware of the following support advisory:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2537
Do you have any Mail viewer window? From what version of OSX did you upgrade to 10.5.6 from?
Ernie

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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1427
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