Mail stops receiving mails (absurd length message+exception in console.log)

Hello,
a few days Mail.app of 10.4.11 stopped receiving mails. In console.log I find this message:
2008-04-19 05:39:34.699 Mail[7570] NSDataMessageStore: couldn't find body
2008-04-19 05:39:34.958 Mail[7570] NSDataMessageStore: couldn't find body
2008-04-19 05:39:34.959 Mail[7570] NSDataMessageStore: couldn't find body
2008-04-19 05:39:34.959 Mail[7570] NSDataMessageStore: couldn't find body
*2008-04-19 05:39:36.104 Mail[7570] Exception raised during monitored invocation of routeQueuedMessages, exception: * -[NSConcreteData initWithBytes:length:copy:freeWhenDone:bytesAreVM:]: absurd length: -1, maximum size: -2147483648 bytes*
*2008-04-19 05:39:36.105 Mail[7570] +[NSObject(LockingAdditions) clearLocks]: object 0x763c440 still holds lock (count=1) in thread 0x1ac8200*
2008-04-19 05:39:36.936 Mail[7570] NSDataMessageStore: couldn't find body
2008-04-19 05:39:36.936 Mail[7570] NSDataMessageStore: couldn't find body
2008-04-19 05:39:36.936 Mail[7570] NSDataMessageStore: couldn't find body
It happened a mail 78. So I deleted the corresponding mail from the server and another similar looking one as well. Now the problem happened downloaden mail 76, which of course was a different mail than the one which caused the error at first. I then created a new account in mail.app which downloads from the same mail account and the problem happens there as well.
It is a POP account.
I then tested what's happening if I create a new user in Mac OS X and use Mail.app in the new account. This works.
So the problem is limited to my user account and there to all mail accounts going to the same POP server/user.
Do you have any ideas what could cause this behaviour and how I can solve it?
Bye

Welcome to the forums Oliver... good work at narrowing the problem down so far!
Try dragging this file to the Desktop and reboot...
/Users/nnnn/Library/Preferences/com.apple.mail.plist
Might also pay to clean caches, I use Applejack, but there are many. The log makes me think cache especially.

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