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Ever since I installed Leopard, my Mail application has stopped working. I've had a friend walk me through my mail preferences, and they all seem fine, but when ever I go to Mail, it won't open up any window, it won't go to my me.com account, and it won't even quit. I have to Force Quit to get out of it. Of course, I can access my MobileMe via Safari or Firefox, but it would be nice to access it with Mail. Any ideas? Is there such a thing as a "reset" or reinstall of the Mail application only?

Thanks again for your response, Barry.
I bought the Leopard OS at the beginning of the year and installed it in March. Prior to that I was using the latest version of Tiger, which was running beautifully. I held off because I'd heard there'd be issues with the Pro Apps I use regularly when I install a new OS, so I waited till there was a lull in my work. At the time I was using AOL for emails and was transitioning to a mac.com account (which Apple was transitioning to me.com). In fact I've had other problems with Leopard in relation to my use of Final Cut Studio that I didn't have with Tiger, but the only problem I don't seem to have a solution for is this Mail issue.
So how do I go about going through the setup procedure for Mail?
Also, I do have an OSX 10.5.7 update ready to be installed, but usually I wait a few weeks or even a couple of months till I hear from friends and colleagues that the update isn't going to adversely affect the Pro Apps I use, because Apple often seems to jump the gun with their releases.
Sorry to be so longwinded, but with all that said, what do you recommend?

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