Mail & iChat gone all white & dead

Something really strange just happened: The Mail Appl. window went all white, I just see the folders on the left, but all mails are invisible. I checked the option "show mailboxes" under View, but that one was activated. The folders ell me that mails are in fact arriving, it's just that I can't see them.
To complete the fun, iChat stopped working as well.
Thee must be something broken "under the hood" but I'm not much of a mac-hanic. Are you? Thanks !
iMac 20 Intel Mac OS X (10.4.9)
iMac 20 Intel Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Normally, in the mail application window, the left column shows the folders, mailboxes etc. The major part of the window shows the mails themselves and that is what I don't see at all no more. It's all just white. No Mail to see. When I use my iBook all is fine. So it's not the account thats wrong.
I guess the mistake is somewhere deeper hidden in the OS because iChat doesn't work either.

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