Can't do anything in Mail

Hey! Has anybody had this problem? One morning, I launched Mail as I ordinarily do. It opened up, but the header bar was grayed out. No messages appeared in any of my mailboxes (even though I had several still in there from the previous day). When I moved my mouse to go to check my Inbox, I got the spinning beachball. It never stopped! I had to force-quit to get Mail to close. Since then, I have tried to open Mail... with the same results. Am now getting and sending mail through my .Mac account, but I would love to have the Mail program back! Thanks... Marilyn

Angela,
I would like more information about what existed prior to any problems you had? I am not sure I have enough info to make any conclusions.
In general, everything you mention would "inside the mail app" -- do you mean how to have the messages be On My Mac, instead of on the .mac server?
In Mail, you can click on Mailbox in the Menubar, and choose New Mailbox, and name a new mailbox -- a mailbox is the basic level of folder in Mail, and does not need to be within any other folder, unless desirable. Once you one or more New Mailboxes, you can open one of the folders under the Blue Globe, click on Edit and choose Select All, and then Copy or Move all the selected messages to any new mailbox.
However, I remain uncertain of your original position prior to the problems, and unless you have changed your Username, and don't think you had described them, at least in this topic?
Ernie

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