Mail unexpectedly quits when launching

Question

My mail quits when I try to launch. Usually it gets to the point of connecting to my mail server, and then dies.
I have tried repairing permissions, disk repair, and tech tool. I have downloaded and reinstalled the combined update
Here is a snippet from the crash report
Date/Time: 2006-09-20 08:18:42.229 -0400
OS Version: 10.4.7 (Build 8J135)
Report Version: 4
Command: Mail
Path: /Applications/Mail.app/Contents/MacOS/Mail
Parent: WindowServer [176]
Version: 2.1 (752)
Build Version: 1
Project Name: MailViewer
Source Version: 7520000
PID: 238
Thread: 1
Exception: EXCBADACCESS (0x0001)
Codes: KERNINVALIDADDRESS (0x0001) at 0x448dbb48
ANy ideas?

Answer 1

Thanks for the suggestions.
I tried both. Deleting the pref file would not even let me launch MAIL
Turning off Junk Mail filtering did not help either.
I have run Tech Tool, repaired permissions again, and reinstalled cumulative update again.
If I leave the network connection unplugged, it will launch and quit randomly after a minute or two of struggling
ANy help would be greatly appreciated
Thread 1 Crashed:
0 ...apple.AddressBook.framework 0x94cadb88 c4_FormatB::Define(int, unsigned char const**) + 212
1 ...apple.AddressBook.framework 0x94cab234 c4_HandlerSeq::Prepare(unsigned char const**, bool) + 372
2 ...apple.AddressBook.framework 0x94cabf68 c4_FormatV::SetupAllSubviews() + 160
3 ...apple.AddressBook.framework 0x94cad660 c4_FormatV::Get(int, int&) + 44
4 ...apple.AddressBook.framework 0x94cad5d0 c4_Handler::GetBytes(int, c4_Bytes&, bool) + 44
5 ...apple.AddressBook.framework 0x94cad588 c4_Sequence::Get(int, int, c4_Bytes&) + 88
6 ...apple.AddressBook.framework 0x94cad4d8 c4_ViewRef::operator c4_View() const + 76
7 ...apple.AddressBook.framework 0x94cac924 c4_Storage::Description(char const*) + 96
8 ...apple.AddressBook.framework 0x94cae084 c4_Storage::GetAs(char const*) + 100
9 ...apple.AddressBook.framework 0x94caf2ec cacheViews + 240
10 ...apple.AddressBook.framework 0x94ca9674 -[ABAddressBook nts_OpenContactManagerWithMode:cacheSchema:] + 452
11 ...apple.AddressBook.framework 0x94ca81d0 -[ABAddressBook nts_InitDefaultContactManager] + 1052
12 ...apple.AddressBook.framework 0x94ca7d0c +[ABAddressBook nts_SharedAddressBook] + 76
13 ...apple.AddressBook.framework 0x94ca7c40 +[ABAddressBook nts_CreateSharedAddressBook] + 76
14 ...apple.AddressBook.framework 0x94ca7b64 +[ABAddressBook sharedAddressBook] + 80
15 com.apple.MessageFramework 0x9a00aef4 -[MailAddressManager loadAddressBookSynchronously] + 44
16 libobjc.A.dylib 0x90a431f4 objc_msgSendv + 180
17 com.apple.Foundation 0x9293bc88 -[NSInvocation invoke] + 944
18 com.apple.MessageFramework 0x99ff6800 -[MonitoredInvocation invoke] + 144
19 com.apple.MessageFramework 0x99fffe80 -[InvocationQueue _drainQueue] + 416
20 com.apple.Foundation 0x92940194 forkThreadForFunction + 108
21 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9002bc28 pthreadbody + 96
And then
Thread 1 crashed with PPC Thread State 64:
srr0: 0x0000000094cadb88 srr1: 0x000000000000d030 vrsave: 0x0000000000000000
cr: 0x44044244 xer: 0x0000000000000006 lr: 0x0000000094cadb7c ctr: 0x0000000090003e50
r0: 0x0000000094cadb7c r1: 0x00000000f0181b60 r2: 0x00000000401dcb48 r3: 0x000000000465a1f0
r4: 0x00000000004d1660 r5: 0x000000000000006e r6: 0x0000000000000000 r7: 0x0000000000000001
r8: 0x0000000004702b48 r9: 0x0000000004705000 r10: 0x0000000004700b44 r11: 0x0000000044044242
r12: 0x0000000090003858 r13: 0x0000000000000000 r14: 0x0000000000000000 r15: 0x0000000000000000
r16: 0x0000000000000000 r17: 0x0000000000000000 r18: 0x0000000000000000 r19: 0x0000000000000000
r20: 0x0000000000000000 r21: 0x00000000f0182090 r22: 0x0000000000000007 r23: 0x00000000004f7630
r24: 0x00000000f0182080 r25: 0x00000000f0181f50 r26: 0x00000000004f78b0 r27: 0x00000000f01820b0
r28: 0x000000000461c770 r29: 0x000000000465a1f0 r30: 0x00000000100772d2 r31: 0x0000000094cab0d0