How can I set a default window in MAIL (10.6.8) so that it's 27" wide?

I don't recall this problem pre-OSX. Opening MAIL (in Snow Leopard) results in a window that completely fills my iMac's 27" monitor, almost 100% of the time – even though when exiting MAIL I have all windows to a manageable size.
How can I limit MIAL to a default window sufficient to contain a "normal" e-message?

Shrink the window to the size you want, quit mail (may not even have to do that), and then the window will be that size until you change it. Similarly for new message windows. Mail remembers (or should remember) the size you set its various windows to.
Update:
Hmm, you say you did that. So what happens if you try this from another account? Also, FWIW, the mail preferences are kept in com.apple.mail.plist. If you are willing to potentially loose your mail settings and recreate them then you could try removing that and starting over.

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