Mail problems on updating to OS 10.4.6

I have just updated my OS to 10.4.6 (prev 10.4.5).
There was a bit of confusion when I opened my mail for the first time after updating the OS as it came up with the set up window then when I cancelled it asked me if I wanted to continue with my old settings or change to the new. I selected to continue with the old settings. Mail has now become a nightmare. Sometimes it will not open and when it does I cannot compose any new mail or open a draft without the dread spinning wheel. Basically I can't send mail now.
Any suggestions?

Roger,
Welcome to the Discussions.
How much free, available disk space do you have, or if partitioned, on the boot partition?
Was there a second, self-induced restart, during startup after the update?
Can you, with Mail open, click on Mail in the Menubar, and then choose About Mail? If so, what is reported?
Ernie

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