Mail Preference options disappeared

HI suddenly totay as I wanted to add another rule in my mail program I clicked on mail-preference as usual but I only get the window composing a mesage with the red light on and I have no way to go to the other menue options.
I did not change anything on my computer ?????
but obivously something did change.......
Any idea help???

Replacing the application will not delete anything.
Download Easy Find - VersionTracker or MacUpdate - and use it to search your drives to see if the Mail application may have been moved into one of the system folders. Spotlight does not search system folders by default. Easy Find is freeware.
I can't tell you what may have happened other than applications do not spontaneously disappear.

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