Mail Freezes On Open

Right when I open Mail it freezes and becomes unresponsive.
Any ideas on what to try to get this working again?
Thanks,
Josh
iMac   Mac OS X (10.4.9)   2.0 GHz Intel Core Duo - 512 MB RAM (Standard) - 250 GB HDD - ATI Radeon X1600 w/128 MB VRAM

Verify/repair the startup disk (not just permissions), as described here:
The Repair functions of Disk Utility: what's it all about?
Go to Apple Menu > System Preferences > Network, choose Network Port Configurations from the Show popup menu, and make sure that the configuration used to connect to Internet appears at the top of the list. Try also turning OFF all the network port configurations except the one needed to connect to Internet and see whether that makes a difference — if it doesn’t, turn ON again the ones you want enabled.
Finally, try launching Mail under the following conditions (you may need to force quit it first if it’s running) and post back with your observations:
1. Holding the Shift key down until the main window appears. This tells Mail to not select any mailboxes or load any messages upon start up.
2. With no Internet connection.

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