Mail Preferences not viewing

Has anyone had problem viewing their preferences in 10.5.4? I goto mail/prefernces and nothing comes up... I tried deleting and re-importing and the samething happens.
thanks

Hello jiffy:
Welcome to Apple discussions.
It works fine here. Something went wrong with your update. Try downloading the combo updater and applying it.
Barry

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