Mail is shonked up.. Can't even force quit/gone blank

I think it was after I attempted to do a software update the other day and I was in a rush and I had to turn the beast off mid update... oops...
Now when Mail opens, it's just all blank... everything is blank..it still says.. delete..new etc.... I can create new mail by apple clicking on the mail icon in my dock, but the mail doesn't actually work and I can't even force quit.
Anyone help? most appreciated if you could.

Okay, you're gonna need to force a restart, which means holding the power button (on the actual CPU, not the display if it's not an iMac or iBook) for about 5 seconds. If this doesn't work, pull the plug straight out the back, or if it's a laptop, take the battery out. Try mail again. If the same thing happens, take it to a Genius (an apple store genius, not einstein).

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I don't really use the Mac Mail very often because have always had problems with it so I will tend to use Gmail, Yahoo or whatever service it is. I cannot even get mail to open at this point. It just says Application Not Responding and then I force quit. and it still wont open. The only annoying part is often on websites theres an email link to click and that opens the MAIL application to get that website.
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Background = My G5 had occasional weird behaviour for a long time, usually ending in failing disk verification and making me run disk repair from startup DVD to fix it. After a few months of this I got tired and cloned my disk, erased the HD, reinstalled Tiger and copied the files back.
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