Mail app opens every email in separate windows on launch

I can't use my Mail app currently, as every time I launch the app, it starts opening every email I have ever received in cascade windows until the program freezes. Is there a way to reset Mail preferences or something? I don't have Time Machine working currently so that's not an option...

Nevermind, I fixed it by going to System Preferences > Mail, Contacts & Calendars and disabling the Mail app for all my accounts and then opening Mail app. It worked fine, having no accounts there. Then I enabled the accounts with Mail app open. It seems fine now.

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So I've tried both of the tips you gave my guys, but non of them works
But I've found out something. When I switch to different space (in spaces), than drop some file and then try to switch back to my mail space, there are 2 possibilities how to do it. First - I just move mouse to the space to where I want to switch, wait for a second and it switch automatically or I can move mouse to the space where I want to switch and than press spacebar to make it faster.
The strange thing with opening app from dock happens just when I press the spacebar.
And question for your other answer - yes, it happens just with apps in my dock.
It is so uncomfortable...
EDIT: few days ago I've run OnyX (which was probably mistake) and this happens probably since than. I used it because Snow Leopard got little bit slower so I wanted to clean it... It might be because of that.
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I would be very grateful for any help with this problem. It is really annoying as I think the email has gone only finding it after days in the outbox. It sends fine from the outbox when I open mail and resend. It also works fine if I initiate email in the mail app but not when using link in photos or safari.

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