Mail can't create a new message window ...?

Hi,
Mail.app on my machine has been having a strange issue the past few days. Twice now, it has lost the ability to create a new message editing window.
If I click the new message button, or select "New Message" from the file menu, or click the "Reply" button on an existing message, etc. but no new message window ever appears. Quitting Mail.app and restarting, all the new message windows suddenly appear and everything is fine again ... until the next time.
Anyone else ever had Mail.app lose the ability to create new message editing windows like this?
Machine: Powerbook G4 15" (Oct 2005, 1.67GHz)
OS: 10.5.8
Mail: 3.6 (936)
All software updates applied
Thanks!

drbriggs wrote:
try closeing the app, double click the home button then hold down any app that appears at the bottom, find messages and press the red minus sign.
That worked. Now, why didn't I think of that!?
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