Mail Gets Progressively Worst With Each Tiger Update

Hello Apple User/Fans/Staff,
I have noticed that Mail gets progressively worst every time their is an update. I had asked about this is in a previous posting and was led to believe it is something I was doing, such as making all applications are closed before installations. Well, I would always need to reset all my several email accounts for my small business after installing the updates. This was getting frustrating. Now after updating to 10.4.10 Mail only remain open after launch for a minute and a half then crashes. I have sent several reports to Apple. The sad part is I am unable to export all accounts and messages to Thunderbird because Mail has its own format and it will not remain open long enough. I am disappointed and sadden with Mail. I hope Apple is working on a fix that does not mean buying Leopard! Mail in 10.2 has been the most stable version in my opinion.
Make some noise about Mail!!
Ralston

Ralston,
I can assure you that the updates to reach 10.4.10 have not caused your Mail problems. However, problems you had but did not find to correct before the updates might be made worse with each update.
I use 10 different accounts, with all types (POP, IMAP, gmail and .mac, and have no such troubles.
To examine whether there is any problem with the application itself, as it is installed on your particular computer, create a New User Account, and as that New User setup one or more email accounts in Mail and test. If this works, you can even migrate your com.apple.mail.plist file and the entire Mail folder (assuming you have something to help with the migration, such as an external hard drive, and setup your exact Mail folder to run under the New User, giving us another test of whether some issue exists with your preferences, or not.
Have you Verified or done Disk Repair to your hard drive -- did it pass? Have you considered resetting Launch Services?
It may not be something you are doing but it is something very unique to your Mac and its OSX installation.
Ernie
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