Mail hangs on my Power Book G4

Hi there,
Previously I have been able to access my mail from both my G5 and my Power Book. Now for no reason (that I can figure out) all my mail boxes are empty and Mail just hangs on my laptop. No problem with G5 so mail account is good. Also can get mail from .Mac via laptop, soooooo?
Anyone out there can help me?
regards, Alec

Hi Alec.
I’m confused. First you say “Mail just hangs on my laptop”, then you say “can get mail from .Mac via laptop”. Could you please clarify this? Does the later refer to accessing your .Mac account on the web or what?
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.
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.
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