Mail 2.1.3 Hangs

Starting Mail is not the problem, starts right up, downloads, allows me to read all, chuck out the junk, etc.
If I use the "Reply" function, it hangs, BUT only when the received mail contains an attachment. With yahoo or AL users, it happens a lot.
Same thing when I create a new mail message, all works just dandy, UNTIL I add an attachment.
It has hung for as long as 5 minutes, with a particularly large pdf.
I've repaired permissions, verified disk, ran onyx.
This happens only on the MBP, not the Cube, both running same OS and Mail version.

Oops, they are only available for 10.5 I had recently updated a few computers and thought one of them was running 10.4
J.C

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