Mail hangs on quit

I frequently need to Force Quit Mail.
Any way to diagnose and solve problem?
OS 10.6.8
Mail 4.5 (1084)
Thank you.

Same issue, however it is centered around the Trash Folder. Whenever I access the Trash, the activity indicates that it is "Opening Trash Fold" and never stops doing that. I cannot cancel that action. I can work in the Trash folder (deleting files, reading, etc.), but it never completes the action. I must force quit the program. I then must restart and quickly click off the Trash folder, or it will start all over again.
Any ideas?
iMac early 2008, syst 10.6.8, Mail 4.5

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