Exchange 2003 - Apple Mail problems

Very strange problem occurred this morning. I've seen numerous posts with similar characteristics, but no resolution. I'll try to be as detailed and concise as possible:
Problem: Can't connect to Exchange server to send or receive mail
Symptoms:
- Mail's Activity viewer show's "Logging in as user 'username'" for long periods
- Mail's Activity viewer show's "Comparing notes with server" for long periods, if it gets this far
- Mail's Activity viewer displays "Synchronizing with server" for long periods, if it gets this far
- Mail's Activity viewer displays extremely slow download of mail headers, if it gets this far
- Entourage v.X and 2004 clients can connect without problem via Exchange protocol, whereas Mail clients (v1.3.11 and 2.0.7) using Exchange or IMAP cannot
- Mozilla Thunderbird clients can connect without problem via IMAP
- PC clients using Outlook 2003 for Exchange have no problem at all
I'd love to get this resolved without having to reinstall clients building-wide. I'm not convinced this isn't related directly to Exchange 2003 and/or Active Directory, but suspecting and proving are two different things. Additionally, Mail seems to be the only client affected.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. As always, if we find a resolution, I'll gladly post it here for everyone's benefit.
Thanks.

This problem is endemic for me, but I find that it's the worst with large mailboxes. One user I have has 7700+ messages in her inbox and simply can't synch with Exchange 2003 using Apple Mail (Tiger). Others see the slowdown initially, but then it goes away and new mail comes in. I don't think it's the Exchange server because I use the same config every day, with 1200+ messages in my inbox and many more in my folders, with barely any slowdowns. I theorize that the large number of messages in the inbox and folders has something to do with it - I had some success with another user by taking lots of msgs out of the inbox and moving folders out of the inbox too.
Entourage v. X works fine, but I don't have Entourage 2004 to compare it with. Outlook 2003 on the Windows side is fine too. It's just Macs running Tiger with Mail 2.0.7 that have delays. Any tips or help would be greatly appreciated!!

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