Lion Mail will not open, and won't update the database. Help??

When I try to open mail, for the first time says it needs to update my database, It seems to start then crashes. Is there a fix?

same here, updated all devices, moved to icloud, received mail for a bit now NOTHING. no mail, no backup, won't accept my password......service must be down???

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