Mail behaving weirdly

Mail has started behaving a bit weirdly since yesterday. Graphics are not shown any more. When I try and check things on Preferences Mail stops responding and I have to force quit. Everything was working up to yesterday. I haven't updated anything. Mail is version 2.1.3
Any ideas? Thanks

Restart your mac:
Safe Boot: Hold down the shift key after the chime until the Apple logo appears and the gear is moving.
It will take awhile but you will be asked to login.
Go to your Applications folder> Utilities and launch Disk Utility.
In the left side column, highlight your drive and repair permissions.( button down below).
From BDAqua:
Quit Mail, then In your home folder, try moving this folder & file to the Desktop then reboot...
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Caches/Mail
Move to the Desktop...
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Mail/Envelope Index
Mail will ask to import your messages. If all goes well and Mail is fixed trash the files on the desktop.

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