Mail dead on upgrade to 10.5.6
I just upgraded my G4 Powermac from 10.4.11 to 10.5.6, using the Mac pack which provides the new OS, iWork and iLife. I chose to archive and upgrade, and everything seems to be working except Mail, which doesn't open a window without my opening it from the File menu, and it won't close with going to Force Quit. None of the message boxes have messages in them.
Other programmes seem to have been reloaded correctly, although I haven't had time to check them all.
I am trying a second upgrade cycle now, but would like to know if others have had this problem, and if so, how they solved it.
Thanks
I'm adding to the above, to see if it helps others understand what is going on.
I have re-installed again, to no useful effect.
I have examined my hard disc, looking at the various library folders; my e-mails are in the Mail folder in the Library file of my updated Home folder, not in the archived Mail folder in the "Previous System" folder - that means the "Archive and Re-instal" worked as it should. The problem lies with the Mail software itself.
I can't find a Mail download on the Apple site - the only one there expects to find an earlier version of OS 10.5, and won't work with mine.
I have checked my Permissions - no problems there.
How do I get a working copy of Mail?
Thankfully I have my MacBook!
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2537
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