Mail crashing due to address book or autofill corruption

I'm trying to fix an iMac core duo where Mail crashes every time you try to write a new mail. When typing in the "To:" field a few characters, Mail.app crashes.
It's related to the autofill feature, as when it's deactivated, it works fine.
However, opening the "previous recipients" window also makes it crash.
I tried to clean the caches for both Mail and Address Book without result.

In Address Book, select "All" and then File/Export Group vCard and save the cards on your desktop. Quit Address Book.
Open folder ~/Library/Application Support/AddressBook and drag the file AddressBook.data (and, if present, AddressBook.data.previous and AddressBook.data.beforeave) to the desktop.
Try mail to see if the crashing is cured. If it is open AB and use File/Import to pull back in the vCards you exported earlier. If not, you may as well put the .data files back where you got them (quit AB first).
AK

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My Address Book crashes when I try to open it. This is making it impossible for me to use Safari as it crashes when I do a search on a website. Here is a log of the most recent crashes.
Date/Time: 2005-08-26 19:20:19 -0400
OS Version: 10.2.8 (Build 6R73)
Command: Address Book
PID: 589
Exception: EXCBADACCESS (0x0001)
Codes: KERNPROTECTIONFAILURE (0x0002) at 0x00000000
Thread 0 Crashed:
#0 0x93a57bf4 in ZN7c4_View11AddPropertyERK11c4Property
#1 0x93a55558 in ZN10c4Storage11DescriptionEPKc
#2 0x93a53eac in Z16getViewFromTablePK10_CFString
#3 0x93a5e610 in getCardCount
#4 0x93a5e510 in +[ABInfo _setupWithSharedAddressBook:]
#5 0x93a5c738 in +[ABAddressBook _sharedAddressBook]
#6 0x93a5c4f0 in +[ABAddressBook sharedAddressBook]
#7 0x93a66cac in -[ABUIController setupAsPeoplePicker:]
#8 0x00004978 in 0x4978
#9 0x930adde4 in -[NSIBObjectData nibInstantiateWithOwner:topLevelObjects:]
#10 0x931b3d08 in loadNib
#11 0x930eaaa4 in +[NSBundle(NSNibLoading) _loadNibFile:nameTable:withZone:ownerBundle:]
#12 0x9314a228 in +[NSBundle(NSNibLoading) loadNibFile:externalNameTable:withZone:]
#13 0x931c7c60 in -[NSWindowController loadWindow]
#14 0x931c7a48 in -[NSWindowController window]
#15 0x00011550 in 0x11550
#16 0x97dfab40 in _nsNotificationCenterCallBack
#17 0x9016847c in _postNotification
#18 0x90165b90 in _CFNotificationCenterPostLocalNotification
#19 0x9318b16c in -[NSApplication _sendFinishLaunchingNotification]
#20 0x93161f98 in _requiredAEEventHandler
#21 0x91b56570 in Z20aeDispatchAppleEventPK6AEDescPSmPh
#22 0x91b590cc in Z25dispatchEventAndSendReplyPK6AEDescPS
#23 0x91b56478 in aeProcessAppleEvent
#24 0x96a83778 in AEProcessAppleEvent
#25 0x9308e698 in _DPSNextEvent
#26 0x930a0824 in -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:]
#27 0x930b23f4 in -[NSApplication run]
#28 0x931605cc in NSApplicationMain
#29 0x00004444 in 0x4444
#30 0x00004198 in 0x4198
#31 0x00004018 in 0x4018
PPC Thread State:
srr0: 0x93a57bf4 srr1: 0x0000d030 vrsave: 0x00000000
xer: 0x00000000 lr: 0x93a54658 ctr: 0x90009de0 mq: 0x00000000
r0: 0x93a5464c r1: 0xbfffe570 r2: 0x44004280 r3: 0x00000000
r4: 0xbfffe5b0 r5: 0x00000001 r6: 0x80808080 r7: 0x00000002
r8: 0x0005f010 r9: 0x00000000 r10: 0x0005f290 r11: 0xa3a5088c
r12: 0x90009de0 r13: 0x00000000 r14: 0x00000000 r15: 0x00000000
r16: 0x00096bd0 r17: 0xa309a7c4 r18: 0xa309a7c4 r19: 0xa309a7c4
r20: 0xa309a7c4 r21: 0x0013ca90 r22: 0xa309da4c r23: 0xa30a20ec
r24: 0xa30a0d3c r25: 0xbfffe6d0 r26: 0xa3a53e28 r27: 0xbfffe660
r28: 0xbfffe5b0 r29: 0x00000000 r30: 0x00000000 r31: 0x93a53e28
Date/Time: 2006-07-23 14:52:52 -0400
OS Version: 10.2.8 (Build 6R73)
Command: Safari
PID: 695
Exception: EXCBADACCESS (0x0001)
Codes: KERNPROTECTIONFAILURE (0x0002) at 0x00000000
Thread 0 Crashed:
#0 0x93a57bf4 in ZN7c4_View11AddPropertyERK11c4Property
#1 0x93a55558 in ZN10c4Storage11DescriptionEPKc
#2 0x93a53eac in Z16getViewFromTablePK10_CFString
#3 0x93a5e610 in getCardCount
#4 0x93a5e510 in +[ABInfo _setupWithSharedAddressBook:]
#5 0x93a5c738 in +[ABAddressBook _sharedAddressBook]
#6 0x93a5c4f0 in +[ABAddressBook sharedAddressBook]
#7 0x00054508 in 0x54508
#8 0x00024314 in 0x24314
#9 0x00023180 in 0x23180
#10 0x00053df4 in 0x53df4
#11 0x000472e4 in 0x472e4
#12 0x97e0cf88 in __NSFireDelayedPerform
#13 0x901631dc in __CFRunLoopDoTimer
#14 0x90148c70 in __CFRunLoopRun
#15 0x90180f04 in CFRunLoopRunSpecific
#16 0x969a3b70 in RunCurrentEventLoopInMode
#17 0x969b3a78 in ReceiveNextEventCommon
#18 0x969dabbc in BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInMode
#19 0x9308e4cc in _DPSNextEvent
#20 0x930a0824 in -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:]
#21 0x00009718 in 0x9718
#22 0x930b23f4 in -[NSApplication run]
#23 0x931605cc in NSApplicationMain
#24 0x00006fac in 0x6fac
#25 0x00006e2c in 0x6e2c
Thread 1:
#0 0x90073ba8 in machmsgtrap
#1 0x90005ed0 in mach_msg
#2 0x90148938 in __CFRunLoopRun
#3 0x90180f04 in CFRunLoopRunSpecific
#4 0x97e05668 in -[NSRunLoop runMode:beforeDate:]
#5 0x97e19170 in -[NSRunLoop run]
#6 0x7e3641a8 in +[WebFileDatabase _syncLoop:]
#7 0x97e2cc38 in forkThreadForFunction
#8 0x90020c28 in pthreadbody
Thread 2:
#0 0x90073ba8 in machmsgtrap
#1 0x90005ed0 in mach_msg
#2 0x90148938 in __CFRunLoopRun
#3 0x90180f04 in CFRunLoopRunSpecific
#4 0x97e05668 in -[NSRunLoop runMode:beforeDate:]
#5 0x97e19170 in -[NSRunLoop run]
#6 0x97e68638 in +[NSURLConnection(NSURLConnectionInternal) _resourceLoadLoop:]
#7 0x97e2cc38 in forkThreadForFunction
#8 0x90020c28 in pthreadbody
Thread 3:
#0 0x9002568c in select
#1 0x97ef478c in _loadRunLoop
#2 0x90020c28 in pthreadbody
Thread 4:
#0 0x90073ba8 in machmsgtrap
#1 0x90005ed0 in mach_msg
#2 0x90148938 in __CFRunLoopRun
#3 0x90180f04 in CFRunLoopRunSpecific
#4 0x97e05668 in -[NSRunLoop runMode:beforeDate:]
#5 0x97e19170 in -[NSRunLoop run]
#6 0x97e67f7c in +[NSURLCache _diskCacheSyncLoop:]
#7 0x97e2cc38 in forkThreadForFunction
#8 0x90020c28 in pthreadbody
PPC Thread State:
srr0: 0x93a57bf4 srr1: 0x0000f030 vrsave: 0x00000000
xer: 0x00000000 lr: 0x93a54658 ctr: 0x9005e1f8 mq: 0x00000000
r0: 0x93a5464c r1: 0xbfffe570 r2: 0x44004280 r3: 0x00000000
r4: 0xbfffe5b0 r5: 0x00000000 r6: 0x80808080 r7: 0x00000002
r8: 0x000fb010 r9: 0x00000001 r10: 0x019f6010 r11: 0xa00044b0
r12: 0x9005e1f8 r13: 0x00000000 r14: 0x00000000 r15: 0x00000001
r16: 0x00000000 r17: 0x00000000 r18: 0x24004420 r19: 0x00000000
r20: 0x00000000 r21: 0x00000000 r22: 0x000fc110 r23: 0x000fc218
r24: 0x00000001 r25: 0xbfffe6d0 r26: 0xa3a53e28 r27: 0xbfffe660
r28: 0xbfffe5b0 r29: 0x00000000 r30: 0x00000000 r31: 0x93a53e28
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The Address Book database is similar to the iTunes database and iPhoto database.
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