Mail: spinning ball lock-up?

I just upgraded to Tiger. Now when I attempt to open mail on my G4 Titanium laptop, I get the forever spinning ball requiring force quit. Other apps seem to work fine, but a reinstall still failed to fix the mail program. Any ideas?

Thanks a lot for your tip (http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=1560767#1560767)
I duplicated my mail folder and put the copy on the desktop, then I removed the envelop index from the original mail file and put it also on the desktop.
When I launched mail afterwards it invited me to re-index my mailboxes (which was quite fast). Now mail opens normally and I do not seem to have lost any of may emails, BUT (because there is always a but) I am now facing some other problems while sending emails / shutting down mail.
There must be a deeper problem (Virus ?) don't you think ?
iMac G5 20" 2,1 Ghz Mac OS X (10.4.4)

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My new yahoo account nestles comfortably in iCloud on the mine iPad.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3276
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http://www.apple.com/support/mail

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[Reposted from iMac Community]
I've read dozens of threads on the Spinning Ball Syndrome with Lion and Mail. I've tried all of the suggestions and still no luck.
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accountsplist
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Hardware: New Mac Mini (it wasn't preloaded with Mountain Lion)
2.5 GHz Intel Core i5
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Thank you.
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Yes, there is a pattern and error cycle. Please see below (replacing my username with foobar)
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(null)
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Invalid parameter not satisfying: aString != nil
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          8   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff8ecf87ba _CFXNotificationPost + 2634
          9   Foundation                          0x00007fff90c72fc3 -[NSNotificationCenter postNotificationName:object:userInfo:] + 65
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          20 AE                                  0x00007fff8a702b03 _ZL25dispatchEventAndSendReplyPK6AEDescPS_ + 38
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          22 HIToolbox                           0x00007fff92ac6d7d AEProcessAppleEvent + 102
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          25 AppKit                              0x00007fff8cd0a071 -[NSApplication run] + 470
          26 AppKit                              0x00007fff8cf86244 NSApplicationMain + 867
          27 Mail                                0x000000010e13352c Mail + 886060
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I've read dozens of threads on the Spinning Ball Syndrome with Lion and Mail. I've tried all of the suggestions and still no luck.
My case is unique, and should be simple to solve - because I never set up any mail accounts and am willing to delete ALL mail files.
Sometimes I get the spinning ball and have to force quit.
When I start the Mail app, sometimes it doesn't even appear as an app starting up, but I can use command-tab to switch apps and find it.
I would appreciate anyone's help:
Can I REMOVE ALL mail data files and start "clean"?
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Used a Mac Mini for 3+4 years as a music media station. NEVER set up any mail accounts on the machine.
Upgraded through a few OS generations up to Lion.
Bought a new Mac Mini about a week ago.
Before migrating data to the new machine, I updated all software, verified and repaired disk permissions, and ran fsck -yf in single user mode on the source.
Then I migrated the data to the new machine using migration assistant, including user settings.
Updated all software.
I've verified permissions, repaired them. Verified the hard disk. No errors. And I've removed files that were mentioned in related threads.
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/Library/Preferences/
com.apple.mail.plist
com.apple.mail.plist.lockfile
No change
- Went to
/Library/Mail/V2 (that was the only folder)
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messageruleplist
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Please see the attached screen shot of my /Library/Mail/V2 directory. Everything looks stripped and recent.
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2.5 GHz Intel Core i5
Still only 4GB RAM (Haven't had a chance yet to install new RAM)
Jim

Please repost on the correct forum, this is an iMac forum. There are forums specifically for Mac Mini users, however the answers will probably still be the same.

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Hi there.
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1) is your lan 1gbit speed? (full duplex)
2) are the macs also 1Gbit speed? (full duplex)
3) does your nas has a firewall? (so you can see what the mac asking there)
4) on the macs is the firewall on? (does the programms can pass the fw?)
5) how big is the nas and how many files/dirctorys are on the nas? (big folders speeds down )
many questions, but sometimes there is a solution.
regards tim

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